Quotes from book
Red Rising

Name: Red Rising
Author: Pierce Brown

Red Rising is a 2014 science fiction dystopian thriller novel by American author Pierce Brown, and the first book and eponym of a series. The novel, set on a future planet Mars, follows lowborn miner Darrow as he infiltrates the ranks of the elite Golds.

“All my people sing of are memories. And so I will remember this death. It will burden me as it does not burden my fellow students - I must not let that change. I must not become like them. I'll remember that every sin, every death, every sacrifice, is for freedom.”

Pierce Brown book Red Rising

Source: Red Rising (2014), Ch. 20: The House Mars

“I am alone with my sin. This is why they rule. The Peerless Scarred know that dark deeds are carried through life. They cannot be outrun. They must be worn if one is to rule. This is their first lesson. Or was it that the weak do not deserve life?”

Pierce Brown book Red Rising

Source: Red Rising (2014), Ch. 20: The House Mars

“Humans are always negotiating. That's what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something.”

Pierce Brown book Red Rising

Source: Red Rising (2014), Ch. 41: The Jackal