Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)

by Pierce Brown

“He was Darrow’s archLancer, Bellona. He was an arrogant shit, but the best soldier I’ve ever served with. Full stop. He offered Lysander blades. Lysander declined. Took his head off at range. His own cousin’s.”

Honor was made to hide behind, I think. Like a crown, or an Olympic cape.”

“Mars needs you too,” I say. “You’ve been gone long enough. Your Sovereign knows your sacrifice, Screw. When you look into her eyes, you’ll realize you’ve been seen this whole time. Serve Virginia as you’ve served me. Protect her. Protect Mars. I will return.” I kiss him on the forehead and tear myself away.

The generation that lights the fuse usually gets buried in the rubble. My only hope is you’ll build something of the rubble,

We achieve perfection first by acknowledging our failures. We increase understanding first by recognizing our ignorance.

if love is anything, it is truth. If life is anything, it is struggle. You taught me that. Father taught me my life is not my own, not unless we win.

Worse, my worries only create more feelings of powerlessness. Rather than fretting about whether I’ve made the right choices, I instead focus on preparing for the next one, whatever that might be.