I am so small. A billion tons of durosteel and nanometal move through the heavens, and I have never been beyond Mars's atmosphere. They are like specks of silver in an ocean of ink. And I am so much less. But those specs could ravage Mars. They could destroy a moon. Those specks rule the ink. Pierce Brown
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More Quotes By Pierce Brown
  1. Personally, I do not want to make you a man. Men are so very frail. Men break. Men die. No, I’ve always wished to make a god.

  2. Wisdom is found in the heart not the head.

  3. Death is easy when you've already tried to find it.

  4. S father's words. But they are as empty on his lips as they feel in my ears. This was has taken everything from him. I see in his eyes how broken he is. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>how terribly hard he is trying to be his father's...

  5. Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver.” She makes sure I don’t speak.“ Understand that. The only power they have is in death. The harder they die, the loudertheir voice, the deeper the echoes. But your wife served her purpose.

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