Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart. - Pierce Brown

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Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.

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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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Yes. I'm alone.
I would have thought there to be worse fates than this, but now I know there are none. Man is no island. We need those who love us. We need those who hate us. We need others to tether us to life, to give us a reason to live, to feel.
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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 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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