Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.

We grew together, and now are grown. In her eyes, I see my heart. In her breath, I hear my soul. She is my land. She is my kin. My love.

The others say you are like a machine, because they think you know no fear. They’re blind. They don’t see how fear binds you.”

“Death isn’t empty like you say it is. Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living chained by fear, fear of loss, of death.

“Break the chains, my love.”

“If you’re not vomiting during a workout, you’re not trying,”