Pierce Brown

“Look where we are. In space. Above a planet we shaped. Yet we live in a Society modeled after the musings of…

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“I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have…

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“All my people sing of are memories. And so I will remember this death. It will burden me as it does not…

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“This is a trap I cannot ride away from. I guess there are those times in life. It's like staring at the…

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“You cannot take this with you, goodman. The wedding band on your hand is queer enough. The flower is too much." "Give…

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“Life is the most effective school ever created. Once upon a time they made children bow their heads and read books. It…

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“That doesn’t look anything like me.” He nods to his own image. He’s right. The eyes of the rendering are blood-red and…

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“And tongues, loose from those same commercial spirits and delights, cry out, shouting my name, or cursing it. Not the name my…

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“It's been fun to have it take on a life of its own. I feel like I'm not even creating as much…

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“You and I are Gold. We are the end of the evolutionary line. We tower above the flesh heap of man, shepherding…

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“I slip into the seat behind hers and take a mouthful of the coffee, wincing at the heat. “Apologies. I neglected to…

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“Cedric, where is my son?” I ask the man. He smiles. “I think you can guess, sir.” — The sounds of neoPlast…

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“The mad cackling of the Goblin and the howls of his friends as they try to forget their children, their loves, and…

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“Snorting, Sevro drops back to where the legendary Obsidian, Sefi Volarus, stands in her customary silence. He feigns an air of domesticity,…

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“Jump. Jump, little grasshopper,” he grumbles. “It’ll be the last time you use your legs.” “What’s that?” I ask. “I said it’ll…

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“Representations of pre-Color humans stand beside casualty statistics. One hundred and ten million died for Gold to rule. Then their bombers dropped…

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“We’re not going to rejoin the fleet. Not going to raise men on Mars. Not going to waste time wrangling with politicians.…

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“SILENT, SHE WAITS FOR the sky to fall, standing upon an island of volcanic rock amidst a black sea. The long moonless…

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“These boys ride the gales in rapture at their own glory. But every now and then, a true storm rises. It shatters…

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“Those you protect will not see you. They will not understand you. But you are the Gray wall between civilization and chaos.…

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“Point for Electra,” Niobe says. Sevro has to stop himself from clapping. Pax tries to recover, but Electra is on him. Three…

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“June!” I call out. She turns into my stunpike and shudders as the electricity dumbs down her muscles. That’s how I steal…

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“Then they disposed of her. Says so right in the records: ‘disposed.’ Gassed her with achlys-9, put her in an oven, pumped…

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“He is tall, lean, violent. This place is his home. It is his playground. The children his playthings till they get their…

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“I know it may be impossible to believe now, when everything is dark and broken, but you will survive this pain, little…

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“The big girl has ordered me something called a Venusian Fury. It’s dark as its namesake, Atalantia au Grimmus, and tastes like…

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“The girl is nine and narrow-faced like a sleek hunting dog. Electra, the eldest of Sevro’s three daughters, is taller than my…

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