RED RISING sentence meme 1/?
the following is a collection of sentences found in the novel Red Rising by Pierce Brown. feel free to edit in order to fit your muses~ (also read these books, they’re fantastic.)
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
“I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.”
“What’s the burn, the little Helldiver asks.”
“Saw you had an exciting day, darling.”
“A bow to your betters won’t go awry, doncha think?”
“Good boy; I knew you’d be easy to train.”
“I have a fondness for the rustic nature of your happiness.“
“In his/her eyes, I see my heart. In his/her breath, I hear my soul. He/She is my land. He/She is my kin. My love.”
“A talking puppet, are you? Spitting out their bloodydamn lines.“
“So you love me because you believe that I think there are things worth the risk?”
“Emptiness is life without freedom, _______.”
“We are machine men with machine minds, machine lives.…”
“Break the chains, my love.”
“Forevermore, let justice be done,”
“Even the young, even the beautiful cannot escape justice.”
“For this, they will kill him/her.“
“No animal but man throws themselves willingly into the flames, ______.”
“ ’Tis clear her opinion is an outlier’s, an outcast’s.”
“You are your father’s son/daughter, little bastard. Stupid and vain.”
“Comes a time in life when you know a man has his mind set and it’s an insult to gainsay.”
“Stubborn as a pitviper, wasn’t that how you put it?”
“Is that all your strength?”
“Because Ares has a mission for you.”
“If you take off your mask. Otherwise, I’m keeping it.”
“You must be wondering who we are.”
“Bloodydamn runt pegged it an hour ago.”
“What matters is that you want something from me.”
“We couldn’t save him/her, ________.”
“Then what is your purpose?”
“The same as yours, little _______. To make the dream come true.”
“To the Romans, Mars was the god of war—a god of military glory, defense of the hearth and home.“
“But Mars is a fraud. He is a romanticized version of the Greek god Ares.”
“Ares was a bastard, an evil patron of rage, violence, bloodlust, and massacre.”
“I said I would give you justice. Vengeance is an empty thing, ______.”
“An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within.”
“We’re empire-breakers, not terrorists.”
“How many others have tried what you’re asking me to try?”
“You’ll want to forget your modesty.”
“It’s advertising, darling.”
“In the densest places of man, humanity most easily breaks down.”
“Boy/Girl, keep playin’. Dare ya. Keep playin’.”
“Next time you need real sneaky craftsmanship, look _____ up, yes?”
“Horns—you would look fierce in horns.”
“You stupid sodding bastards. What is this?”
“No. You cannot bait me.”
“One cannot make a mouse a lion.”
“You’re making a messiah for your gorydamn cause.”
“We will need to discuss price.”
"No, I’ve always wished to make a god.”
“This will be fun! For me. Not you.”
“Someone has to dot God’s i’s.”
“No. No, it was a nightmare. One of a man from hell, lover of fire.”
“Power isn’t real. It’s just a word.”
“But you are strong and I am brilliant.”
“You’re a bloodydamn odd lark, _________.”
“If I saw myself on the street, I would hate me.”
“Just in case you need reminding what you really are.”
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