Pierce Brown Quotes
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If pain is the weight of being, love is the purpose.
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'You are a worm who thought himself a serpent just because you slither. But your power was not real, Pliny. It was all a dream. Time now to wake.'
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I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.
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I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.
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There are so many ideas that you just come up with on a day-to-day basis when you're a writer that it's very difficult to want to go back to an old fling, so to speak.
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Yes. I'm alone.I would have thought there to be worse fates than this, but now I know there are none. Man is no island. We need those who love us. We need those who hate us. We need others to tether us to life, to give us a reason to live, to feel.
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I think girls have a harder time than guys do if you're switching schools. Guys don't get picked on as long as you're OK in sports.
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These Peerless thump their chests in salute to me. The monsters. They go with the wind, chasing power. But they don't realize power doesn't shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust. And trust is what has kept me alive. Trust in my friends, and their trust in me.
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I usually dislike second books in series. The only second installment I ever loved was 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and I think that was wonderful because it evolved the characters while not seeming like a bridge.
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A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.
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How can I feel so melancholy for so terrible a past? Maybe it's just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be.
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'Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also referenced twice in the Bible - once for Lucifer and once for Jesus.
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Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.
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My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.
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My editor's main job is to cut down my worldbuilding. There's so much fun stuff in there, you know?
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Tradition is the crown of the tyrant.
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'What is pride without honor? What is honor without truth? Honor is not what you say. It is not what you read.' Romulus thumps his chest. 'Honor is what you do.'
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Every high school I went to, I joined in the middle of the year, so sports helped. But you see a lot of bullies when you move to eight states, I'll say that.
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If you look at 'Golden Son,' it was just a focused, isolated battle for Mars.
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I'm kind of irritated by the Hollywood scene.
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I've always looked at independent booksellers in a romantic light.
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A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies growing up.
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I am alone with my sin. This is why they rule. The Peerless Scarred know that dark deeds are carried through life. They cannot be outrun. They must be worn if one is to rule. This is their first lesson. Or was it that the weak do not deserve life?
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'Lies are rust on iron. A blemish on power.'