199 Quotes by Pierce Brown

Without me, she would not eat. Without her, I would not live.

They pushed and pushed for so long. They knew I was something dangerous, something different. Sooner or later, they had to know I would snap and come to cut them down. Or perhaps they think I'm still a child. The fools. Alexander was a child when he ruined his first nation.

We grew together, and now are grown. In her eyes, I see my heart. In her breath, I hear my soul. She is my land. She is my kin. My love.

But she could be made from air, from the ether that binds the stars in a patchwork.

Hang a man for no real reason and you might get some grumblings from the townships. But force sobriety upon us, and you'll be picking up the pieces for a bloodydamn month.

This is a trap I cannot ride away from. I guess there are those times in life. It's like staring at the ground as you fall from a height. Seeing the end coming doesn't mean you can dodge it, fix it, stop it.

That is the point of all this. To make you terrified of a world where you do not rule. Security and justice aren't given. They are made by the strong.

...but why show a devil you know his strength. It just makes me a threat to him.

Pliny is a leech," I say. "A liar as much as you're an honest man.""And that makes him dangerous. Liars make the best promises.