Quotes
Lines worth carrying
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”Darrow — Red Rising
“A man thinks he can fly, but he is afraid to jump. A poor life this, if we are always afraid to leap.”Eo — Red Rising
“I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.”Darrow
“Break the chains.”The Sons of Ares
“You do not follow me because I am the strongest — Aja is stronger. You do not follow me because I am the smartest. You follow me because you do not know how to give up.”Ares
Live for more.Eo, to Darrow
Funny thing, courage. When you face death, you find it’s just fear, dressed for a party.Darrow
As it is written, so it shall be. Hic sunt leones — here be lions.House Augustus
Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved him.Nero au Augustus
I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on caring not one whit. The only thing that matters is that we live, and that we live true to ourselves.Lorn au Arcos
Dreams die hard, and you hold them in your hands long after they’ve turned to dust.Darrow
My son asks for a wreath of the vale. I have none to give. So I give him a song instead.The old hymn of the Reds
The measure of a person is not the mistakes they make. It’s what they do to make things right.Sevro au Barca
Per aspera, ad astra — through hardship, to the stars.A watchword of the Rising
Quotations are reproduced from memory for reference and discussion; wording may vary slightly from the published text. All lines © Pierce Brown.