Flesh and blood Quote 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…

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“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,…

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“Even the cruel feel pain. And even the cruel can change. I hope this changes him. He could do so much, if only he…

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“The floor is made of condensed air, so we are suspended above a mile vertical drop.”

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“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…

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“can nearly smell the pencil-shaving scent of him.”

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“Sometimes, little one, it’s best if the worlds think you a little mad.”

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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, but next…

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“And now that her dream has spread, he wonders if she would recognize it. And he wonders too if he were to die today,…

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“ 'And now I Carve the things I saw in my fever dreams, just as they always wished. I dreamed of you, I think.…

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“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…

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“I'm a sheep wearing wolves' clothing in a pack of wolves.”

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