Death isn't empty like you say it is. Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living chained by fear, fear of loss, of death. I say we break those chains. Break the chains of fear and you break the chains that bind us to the Golds, to the Society. Could you imagine it? Mars could be ours. It could belong to the colonists who slaved here, died here." Her face is easier to see as the night fades through the clear roof. It is alive, on fire. "If you led the others to freedom. The things you could do, Darrow. The things you could make happen." She pauses and I see her eyes are glistening. "It chills me. You have been given so, so much, but you set your sights so low."" You repeat the same damn points, " I say bitterly. "You think a dream is worth dying for. I say it isn't. You say it's better to die on your feet. I say it's better to live on our knees."" You're not even listening! " she snaps. "We are machine men with machine minds, machine lives …" "And machine hearts?" I ask. "That's what I am?"" Darrow …" "What do you live for?" I ask her suddenly. "Is it for me? Is it for family and love? Or is it just for some d . Pierce Brown
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Darrow …" I ask her suddenly. "What do you live for? Is it for me? Is it for family and love? Or is it just for some dream that you want to live out?" She is quiet for a moment. "I don't know, Darrow.""You repeat the same damn points," I say bitterly. "You think a dream is worth dying for.

I say it isn't. You say it's better to die on your feet. I say it's better to live on our knees."She pauses and I see her eyes are glistening.

"You're not even listening! We are machine men with machine minds, machine lives …" "And machine hearts?" I ask her suddenly."Darrow …" "What do you live for?" I ask her suddenly. "Is it for me? Is it for family and love? Or is it just for some dream that you want to live out?" She is quiet for a moment."I don't know, Darrow."

Source: Red Rising

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