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When I looked up at my father as a boy, I thought being a man was having control. Being the master and commander of your own destiny. How could any b… - Pierce Brown
" "When I looked up at my father as a boy, I thought being a man was having control. Being the master and commander of your own destiny. How could any boy know that freedom is lost the moment you become a man. Things start to count. To press in. Constricting slowly, inevitably, creating a cage of inconveniences and duties and deadlines and failed plans and lost friends. I'm tired of people doubting. Of people choosing to believe they know what is possible because of what has happened before.
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Pierce Brown (born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author and screenwriter known best for his Red Rising series.
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"I live for you," I say sadly.
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