--- title: "14 Gaze Quotes By Pierce Brown" description: "14 Gaze quotes by Pierce Brown. Plus more from Pierce Brown and more Gaze sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_my-name-is-darrow-leader-of-house-mars-i_3185768.jpg" --- > [“My name is Darrow, leader of House Mars. I’m here to meet with your Primus, if you have one. If you don’t,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/my-name-is-darrow-leader-of-house-mars-i-m-here-to-meet-with-your/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_my-name-is-darrow-leader-of-house-mars-i_3185768.jpg) > [“Whose are these?” Sevro asks me. “Daddy’s,” I tell him. “So you guessed.” Sevro laughs. “He’s locked in Apollo’s dungeons.” “The stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/whose-are-these-sevro-asks-me-daddy-s-i-tell-him-so-you-guessed-sevro/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_whose-are-these-sevro-asks-me-daddy-s-i_2449447.jpg) > [“My Green locksmith, Cyra, another Terran, is on a knee working the interior of the biometric lock. Her gear is set out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/my-green-locksmith-cyra-another-terran-is-on-a-knee-working-the/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/pierce-brown-1011_cybersecurity_my-green-locksmith-cyra-another-terran-i_1507924.jpg) > [“Can you sleep?” he asks. “Sometimes.” “Lucky bastard. I piss the bed,” he admits. “Probably twice a month. I don’t ever remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/can-you-sleep-he-asks-sometimes-lucky-bastard-i-piss-the-bed-he/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/pierce-brown-1011_favorite-uncle_can-you-sleep-he-asks-sometimes-lucky-ba_2971148.jpg) > [“Stop it, you two.” Ava looks nervous. “What if it’s the Red Hand?” Tiran brushes his tangled hair from his eyes. “Don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-if-it-s-the-red-hand-tiran/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/pierce-brown-1011_tangled-hair_stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-i_1129418.jpg) > [“Cedric, where is my son?” I ask the man. He smiles. “I think you can guess, sir.” — The sounds of neoPlast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/cedric-where-is-my-son-i-ask-the-man-he-smiles-i-think-you-can-guess/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/pierce-brown-1011_young-boy_cedric-where-is-my-son-i-ask-the-man-he_2215177.jpg) > [“The girl is nine and narrow-faced like a sleek hunting dog. Electra, the eldest of Sevro’s three daughters, is taller than my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a-sleek-hunting-dog-electra/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/pierce-brown-1011_three-daughters_the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a_1384928.jpg) > [“The big girl has ordered me something called a Venusian Fury. It’s dark as its namesake, Atalantia au Grimmus, and tastes like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-called-a-venusian-fury-it-s/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/pierce-brown-1011_taking-a-break_the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-ca_1276967.jpg) > [“We’re not going to rejoin the fleet. Not going to raise men on Mars. Not going to waste time wrangling with politicians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/we-re-not-going-to-rejoin-the-fleet-not-going-to-raise-men-on-mars/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/pierce-brown-1011_coffee-cup_we-re-not-going-to-rejoin-the-fleet-not_2375858.jpg) > [“Point for Electra,” Niobe says. Sevro has to stop himself from clapping. Pax tries to recover, but Electra is on him. Three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-to-stop-himself-from-clapping/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/pierce-brown-1011_electra_point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-t_2941650.jpg) > [“Xana sighs. “Are you going to make the entire village our employees?” “Just this one. Sophocles has chosen, and House Telemanus does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-entire-village-our-employees/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-ent_2338341.jpg) > [“... Anyway, you put too much stock in hierarchy and fear.” “Me?” “Who else? I could spot it a mile away. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarchy-and-fear-me-who-else-i/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/pierce-brown-1011_fear_anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarc_578912.jpg) > [“Volga drops from her place on the wall to join me. She moves excitably, still young enough to be impressed by this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/volga-drops-from-her-place-on-the-wall-to-join-me-she-moves-excitably/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/pierce-brown-1011_quote_volga-drops-from-her-place-on-the-wall-t_1755574.jpg) > [“Sevro, swarmed by his daughters, makes faces at them as they eat. But when the air cracks with a sonic boom, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/sevro-swarmed-by-his-daughters-makes-faces-at-them-as-they-eat-but/) [Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/pierce-brown-1011_children_sevro-swarmed-by-his-daughters-makes-fac_3068279.jpg) ## Other authors on Gaze ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/pierce-brown/#itemlist", "name": "14 Gaze Quotes By Pierce Brown", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My name is Darrow, leader of House Mars. 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Republic wouldn’t let anyone in our airspace.” “Like that means pissall,” I mutter. “They own the skies,” he replies like he’s a Praetor. “They don’t even own their own cities,” I say, remembering the bombings in Agea.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-if-it-s-the-red-hand-tiran/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/pierce-brown-1011_tangled-hair_stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-i_1129418.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/pierce-brown-1011_tangled-hair_stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-i_1129418.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/pierce-brown-1011_tangled-hair_stop-it-you-two-ava-looks-nervous-what-i_1129418.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stop it, you two.” Ava looks nervous. “What if it’s the Red Hand?” Tiran brushes his tangled hair from his…” — Pierce Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Cedric, where is my son?” I ask the man. 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They’re our children.” “And Octavia’s cape.” “I want the Falthe Ivory Tree.” Sevro gasps. “I love the Ivory Tree. Where else will I hang my trophies?” I shrug. “No Ivory Tree, no bet.” “Bloodydamn savage,” he says, sticking out a hand to shake. “You have a deal.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a-sleek-hunting-dog-electra/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/pierce-brown-1011_three-daughters_the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a_1384928.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/pierce-brown-1011_three-daughters_the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a_1384928.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/pierce-brown-1011_three-daughters_the-girl-is-nine-and-narrow-faced-like-a_1384928.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The girl is nine and narrow-faced like a sleek hunting dog. 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His head is buzzed in popular fashion with Obsidian dragons. “Tinpot’s been around long enough to try everything.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-called-a-venusian-fury-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/pierce-brown-1011_taking-a-break_the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-ca_1276967.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/pierce-brown-1011_taking-a-break_the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-ca_1276967.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/pierce-brown-1011_taking-a-break_the-big-girl-has-ordered-me-something-ca_1276967.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The big girl has ordered me something called a Venusian Fury. 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She runs to him and lets him scoop her up off the ground.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-to-stop-himself-from-clapping/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/pierce-brown-1011_electra_point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-t_2941650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/pierce-brown-1011_electra_point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-t_2941650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/pierce-brown-1011_electra_point-for-electra-niobe-says-sevro-has-t_2941650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Point for Electra,” Niobe says. Sevro has to stop himself from clapping. 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Bring him here.” He punches his palm with a fist. “We depart with haste.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-entire-village-our-employees/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-ent_2338341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-ent_2338341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/pierce-brown-1011_gaze_xana-sighs-are-you-going-to-make-the-ent_2338341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Xana sighs. “Are you going to make the entire village our employees?” “Just this one. 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All that matters is that no one trusts you because it’s obvious you care more about your goal than you do about them.” “And you’re something different?” “Oh, very much so, Sir Reaper. I like people more than you do. You are the wolf that howls and bites. I am the mustang that nuzzles the hand. People know they can work with me. With you? Hell, kill or be killed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarchy-and-fear-me-who-else-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/pierce-brown-1011_fear_anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarc_578912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/pierce-brown-1011_fear_anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarc_578912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/pierce-brown-1011_fear_anyway-you-put-too-much-stock-in-hierarc_578912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... 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