Golden Son

“I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind - how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”

“… I was in a dark woods, blind and lost as Dante before Virgil. But Quinn helped me. Her voice calling me out of misery. She became my home. As she puts it, “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.”

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"Now, I'm sure you understand that I felt lost. One, because I thought I'd found someone special in you. Two, because I felt you were abandoning the idea that gave us the ability to conquer Olympus. Consider that I was vulnerable. Lonely. And that perhaps I fell into Cassius's bed because I was hurt and needed a salve to my pain. Can you imagine that? You may answer."

I squirm on my cushion. "I suppose."

"Good. Now shove that idea up your ass." Her lips make a hard line. "I am not some frill-wearing tramp. I am a genius. I say this because it is a fact. I am smarter than any person you've met, except perhaps my twin. My heart does not make my brain a fool."

“You are but a mortal," Roque whispers in my ear, riding his horse alongside the chariot, as per tradition.
"And a whorefart," Servo calls from the other side.
"Yes," Roque agrees solemnly. "That too.”

“We are not our station in life. We are us - the sum of what we've done, what we want to do, and the people who we keep close.”

“Let him think he owns me. Let him welcome me into his house, so I might burn it down.”

“Rise so high, in mud you lie.”

“Hic sunt leones. Here be lions.”

“Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails to Mars. And he calls for an Iron Rain.”

“Rise, goldenborn. Rise, ironmade. Rise, Man of Mars, and take with you my wrath.”

“I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind—how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”

“Amazing the power you have when you’re bloody up to the sleeves and none of it is your own.”

“He was a good man. But good men die. To free them, to protect them, we must be savages. So give me evil. Give me darkness. Make me the bloodydamn devil if we can bring even the faintest ray of light.”

“Had I really forgotten? I am a child of hell, and I’ve spent too long in their heaven”

“Rise so high, in mud you lie.”

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”

“Go on. Sing to your gods. I’ll send you to meet them”

“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”

“We are not our station in life. We are us — the sum of what we've done, what we want to do, and the people who we keep close.”

“some creature beyond man—a distant, callous calculation fueled by monstrous, inhuman pride. A pride that goes beyond him and stretches back to man’s first feeble steps into black space. It is the pride of a dozen generations of fathers and grandfathers and sisters and brothers, all distilled now into a single brilliant, perfect vessel that bears no failure, abides no flaws”

“world of war. There is no other future for me, for us. Yet how many times have I already been pieced back together? How much longer can all these stitches hold? In the end, will there even be pieces left of me? I can’t stop crying. Can’t even catch my breath. Heart thundering. Hands shaking. It all comes out of me.”

“We’re just mortals opening Pandora’s box. And before everything turns upside down, I need to remember what I’m fighting for. I need to know it’s worth it.”

“They grin at me. They love me. And I lead them to a hopeful ruin.”

“He’d have me win for him, but I’d win for the Red girl with a dream bigger than she ever could be. I’d win so that he dies, and her message burns across the ages.”

“The dead can always hear us, my love. Why else do you think we sing? We want them to know that even though they are gone, we can still find joy.”

“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”

If your heart beats like a drum,
and your leg's a little wet,
it's 'cause the Reaper's come
to collect a little debt.

❝My son, my daughter, now that you bleed, you shall know no fear, no defeat, only victory. Your cowardice seeps from you. Your rage burns bright. Rise, warrior of Gold, and take with you your Color’s might.❞

'If your heart beats like a drum and your leg's a little wet, it's 'cause the Reaper's come to collect a little debt.'

“You're a sinister little shit, aren't you?" Victra asks.
"I'm Gold, bitch. What'd you expect? Warm milk and cookies just because I'm pocket sized?”

"Like a sheep invited to a banquet in his honor thrown by wolves.”

Step 1 - Read or Reread (trust me on this,
 unless you read it in the last few
 months) Red Rising
Step 2 - Find a quiet space and time to immerse 
 yourself in this book. Once you start
 you will not want to stop.
Step 3 - Gather snacks, comfortable clothes,
 pillows and blankets. You are not
	 going to want to get up for anything 
Step 4 - Make sure to have your highlighter
 ready there are so many great lines to
 mark.
Step 5 - READ ALL THE WORDS!!!!!

"For seven hundred years, my people have been enslaved without voice, without hope. Now I am their sword."

"Were I still the man Eo knew, I would have stood frozen in horror. But that man is gone. I mourn his passing every day."