Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy, #2)

by Pierce Brown

This sight is hopeless. What is there to change here but everything?

“Didn’t think you cared about women.” “I could be dead and I’d still appreciate her.

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

“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.” He leans forward. “So you see, pride is the only thing.” His eyes leave mine and look across the room. “Pride, and women.”

there’s not a place they could take one of my friends that I would ever abandon them.”