Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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Started reading October 17, 2025
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I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
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He thinks men like me weak. He thinks me dumb, feeble, subhuman. I was not raised in palaces. I did not ride horses through meadows and eat meals of hummingbird tongues. I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.
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she’s got the passion for ideas, while I’ve got no extra passion for anything but her.
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Without me, she would not eat. Without her, I would not live.
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“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.
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“What do you live for?” I ask her suddenly. “Is it for me? Is it for family and love? Or is it for some dream?” “It’s not just some dream, Darrow. I live for the dream that my children will be born free. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. She kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”
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“Break the chains, my love.”