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> [“Once, the worlds called Cassius the Morning Knight, protector of the Society, slayer of Ares. Then he murdered his Sovereign, my grandmother, and let the Rising tear down the very Society he swore to protect. He let Darrow destroy my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/once-the-worlds-called-cassius-the-morning-knight-protector-of-the/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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> [“Cassius lets his helmet retract and winks at me. His face is harder than when we first met. But every now and again there’s that twinkle in his eyes, like a light inside a far-off tent, making you feel warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/cassius-lets-his-helmet-retract-and-winks-at-me-his-face-is-harder/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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## Other authors on Cassius

## More by Pierce Brown

> [“Where did you hear that song?" I ask her without sitting up. "From the HC," she says, blushing. "A little girl sang it. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/where-did-you-hear-that-song-i-ask-her-without-sitting-up-from-the-hc/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“Men call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/men-call-him-father-liberator-warlord-slave-king-reaper-but-he-feels/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“Even the cruel feel pain. And even the cruel can change. I hope this changes him. He could do so much, if only he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/even-the-cruel-feel-pain-and-even-the-cruel-can-change-i-hope-this/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“The floor is made of condensed air, so we are suspended above a mile vertical drop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-floor-is-made-of-condensed-air-so-we-are-suspended-above-a-mile/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“She said she would protect us…” I whisper. “Who?” “The Sovereign…” He’s silent for a long moment. “I know it may be impossible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/she-said-she-would-protect-us-i-whisper-who-the-sovereign-he-s-silent/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“can nearly smell the pencil-shaving scent of him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/can-nearly-smell-the-pencil-shaving-scent-of-him/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“Sometimes, little one, it’s best if the worlds think you a little mad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/sometimes-little-one-it-s-best-if-the-worlds-think-you-a-little-mad/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“Snorting, Sevro drops back to where the legendary Obsidian, Sefi Volarus, stands in her customary silence. He feigns an air of domesticity, but next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/snorting-sevro-drops-back-to-where-the-legendary-obsidian-sefi/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“And now that her dream has spread, he wonders if she would recognize it. And he wonders too if he were to die today,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/and-now-that-her-dream-has-spread-he-wonders-if-she-would-recognize/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“ 'And now I Carve the things I saw in my fever dreams, just as they always wished. I dreamed of you, I think.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/and-now-i-carve-the-things-i-saw-in-my-fever-dreams-just-as-they/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“All wounds heal. Even these." "That's a lie." I tell him. I'll never be healed of Eo. That pain will last forever. "Some things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/all-wounds-heal-even-these-that-s-a-lie-i-tell-him-i-ll-never-be/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“I'm a sheep wearing wolves' clothing in a pack of wolves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/i-m-a-sheep-wearing-wolves-clothing-in-a-pack-of-wolves/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“Sevro…are you going to be civil?” He shrugs. “Good enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/sevro-are-you-going-to-be-civil-he-shrugs-good-enough/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“New’ generally means someone’s just trying to make money off something old.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/new-generally-means-someone-s-just-trying-to-make-money-off-something/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

> [“WE HURTLE LIKE A black thunderbolt over a pale waste of silicate dust and sulfur dioxide frost in a starship adorned with electric dragons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/we-hurtle-like-a-black-thunderbolt-over-a-pale-waste-of-silicate-dust/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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