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Golden Son

Golden Son
Pierce Brown

Golden Son is a 2015 science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, the second in his Red Rising trilogy.

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“"You have everything, Karnus. Wealth. Power. Seven brothers and sisters. How many cousins? Nieces? Nephews? A father and mother who love you, yet… you are here, drinking alone, killing my friends. Setting the purpose of your life to ending me. Why?"
"Because you wronged my family. No one wrongs the Bellona and lives."
"So it's pride."
"It's always pride."
"Pride is just a shout into the wind."
He shakes his head, voice deepening. "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."”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 11: Red; Karnus and Darrow

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“Tradition is the crown of the tyrant.”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 51: Golden Son

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“These Peerless thump their chests in salute to me. The monsters. They go with the wind, chasing power. But they don't realize power doesn't shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust. And trust is what has kept me alive. Trust in my friends, and their trust in me.”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 35: Teatime

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“Lies are rust on iron. A blemish on power.”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 15: Truth; Aja

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“You are a worm who thought himself a serpent just because you slither. But your power was not real, Pliny. It was all a dream. Time now to wake.”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 35: Teatime; Darrow

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“War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it worse. It changes the fear. At the Institute, I feared men. I feared what Titus and the Jackal could do to me. You see death coming there and can at least struggle against it. Here, you don't have such luxury. Modern war is fearing the air, the shadows, fearing the silence. Death will come and I won't even see it.”

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Source: Golden Son (2015), Ch. 38: The Iron Rain

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