Golden Son (Red Rising Book 2)
On Mars there is not much gravity. So you have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.
Pierce Brown • Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1)
There are no great men, only moments when power is unleashed, and then dicks like you turn theft and murder from taboos into tools.
Hank Green • A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel (The Carls Book 2)
A great leader must share the hardships of his followers, of his soldiers, of his subjects. That is how he wins their respect. Great leaders do not complain. Not ever.”
Joe Abercrombie • Before They Are Hanged (The First Law Trilogy Book 2)
me: imagine that you yourself are building the edifice of human destiny with the object of making people happy in the finale, of giving them peace and rest at last, but for that you must inevitably and unavoidably torture just one tiny creature, that same child who was beating her chest with her little fist, and raise your edifice on the foundation
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