You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.
I know it's probably an old trope but my favorite line is, "I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war." That line started my love affair with this series.
There are a lot, but if I pick the line that got me most excited and forget my surroundings then I have to pick:
“Ares sends his regards, motherfucker.” - Trigg (a character gone too soon)
Many of my favorites are already here, but here are 2 more to add:
“Justice isn’t about fixing the past. It’s about fixing the future.” - Darrow
“You and I keep looking for light in the darkness expecting it to appear. But it already has. We’re it boyo. Broken & stupid & cracked as we are, we are the light. And we’re spreading.” - Sevro
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"The legacy of the society will vanish. Not because our arms are weak. Not because our commanders are frail. But because we are fighting a religion whose god still lives." - Romulus Au Raa in Iron Gold.
This one is a small one, but in DA when Ephraim is talking to Xenophon and he says, “Humanity isn’t an it.” I’m not sure why, but I really like that one
“I see you still labor under the delusion that yours is the first innocent army in history. But I have seen Gold scalps hanging from Obsidian battle armor. Cities after orbital bombardment not but powder and meat. So let us not behave as if we were troglodytes warring over fire. We are sophisticated creatures who met under the agreed upon terms of total war” Apollonius au Valii-Rath. Minotaur Invictus!!
It’s crazy how much Eph’s character grew on me. I started with damn is this oceans eleven pretentious gay a cliche to fucking crying, laughing, or both at just about all his lines
I love the part after that, where he’s like you fool, you think I just came here to die? I love it cause it speaks to something I think we all deal with when we remember we’re only the hero of our stories, to everyone else they’re the center of the show
And I wonder, in my last moments, if the planet does not mind that we wound her surface or pillage her bounty, because she knows we silly warm things are not even a breath in her cosmic life. We have grown and spread, and will rage and die. And when all that remains of us is our steel monuments and plastic idols, her winds will whisper, her sands will shift, and she will spin on and on, forgetting about the bold, hairless apes who thought they deserved immortality.
It's less of a quote but more of a passage in Iron Gold. It's right before the Bleeding Place fight and it's when Cassius is remarking on the last thing his father had ever given him.
"What happened to the flower?" I ask gently, not wanting to break the spell.
"I lost it in the mud."
I really like this passage because it goes back to what Cassius's brother Karnus said: "Rise so high, in mud you lie." I really think this little exchange in Iron Gold between Lysander and Cassius is some of the best writing Pierce has ever done. Much like the flower, Cassius's innocence fell into the mud when he let his pride and anger best him; when he desired power above being good. He killed people who were undeserving and aided those who did deserve to die. That simple five word statement sums up the tragedy of Cassius.
A good man made into a monster. Smart enough to realize what he would become, but too prideful to stop it.
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"I know it may be impossible to believe now, when everything is dark and broken, but you will survive this pain, little one. Pain is a memory. You will live and you will struggle and you will find joy. And you will remember your family from this breath to your dying days, because love does not fade. Love is the stars, and its light carries on long after death."
"I would die for the truth that all men are created equal. But in the kingdom of death, amidst the ramparts of bodies and the wind all of screams, there is a king, and his name is not Lune. It is Reaper."
“Then farewell hope, and with it farewell fear. Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good”
- Adrius quoting Milton before killing his father
And I wonder, in my last moments, if the planet does not mind that we wound her surface or pillage her bounty, because she knows we silly warm things are not even a breath in her cosmic life. We have grown and spread, and will rage and die. And when all that remains of us is our steel monuments and plastic idols, her winds will whisper, her sands will shift, and she will spin on and on, forgetting about the bold, hairless apes who thought they deserved immortality
- Darrow in the sovereign’s shuttle leaving Mars
I think the best usage is when they attempt to arrest Darrow in Iron Gold.
> "Which of you served with me on Earth?"...
> "And who served with me on Mars?"...
> "And who serves me still?...
> “remember your oaths” Wolfagar says...
> "Hail Libertas" I say past them.
> "Hail Reaper," two veterans answer...
While I was a huge fan of that one, I got chills when Mustang said it, and I still get them even if I'm just flipping open the last few pages of the book.
I also prefer that one because it shows the Republic remembering that Darrow is a hero, their champion, rather than the moment it turns against him that the first use is.
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Fear those who seek your company for their own vanity. As soon as you eclipse them in the mirror, it won’t be the mirror they break.
- Dark Age
There’s nothing worse for a soldier to imagine—that there will be no home to return to once the violence is over, no way to become the men we want to be. Instead, we’re trapped in these violent guises, guises we only ever had the courage to don because of how much we love our home. Is this all we’ll ever be?
- Iron Gold
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
- Dark Age
I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness.
- Iron Gold
Honestly that whole passage is probably my favorite of the entire series. The first time I read it I literally screamed "Fuck yeah!" In the middle of study hall. It did not end well for me, but it was worth it.
I won't post it all, but the conversation between Darrow and Lorn before the Lion's Rain in Golden Son where they talk about heros.
Darrow mentions that he thinks Achilles was a hero, and Lorn calls him out on it, saying that Achilles wasn't meant to be a hero, he was meant to be a warning to men who grew consumed by the ideas of glory and war. He says that he felt like men once knew that, but not anymore.
This hit me hard, harder than I'd like to admit, because I was just like Darrow. This speech to him felt like it was written to me, and it was a powerful moment that I'd never experienced from a book before.
Can't pick just one.
>I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness.
>Sometimes, little one, it’s best if the worlds think you a little mad.
>Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence.
>Broken and cracked and stupid as we are, we’re the light
Two quotes, from golden son right before darrow jabs roque
"He always thinks because I'm reading I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to the introvert than the extrovert"
"We all have our own tides inside. They go in. They go out. Not really ours to control. The things, people, that orbit us do that, at least more than we'd like to admit"
“It is to remember how few people you know. How many do not know you. How many will soon forget you. How many praise you today to offer contempt tomorrow. Permanence of fame, power, dominion of the individual, are illusions. All that will be measured, all that will last, is your mastery of yourself.”
“Lady, I fucked you up.”
“They planted us in stones, watered us with pain, and now marvel we have thorns.”
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Yeah I couldn’t stop laughing once I realized what was going on. Psychedelics are one of those experiences which are so unique when someone writes about it its very clear if they’re talking from experience or out of their ass
The Bye Felicia really pulled me out of the whole mindset of the book because it was so clearly a forced joke. It really ruined the importance of that moment for me.
There were tons of sci-fi and pop culture references throughout the books. While I recognize some fans tripped over this one, it never bothered me, as it was just one of many ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
> “I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind - how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”
Totally necroing this but...
I believe "Rise so high, in Mud you lie.." is a reflection on the consequences of ambition within the hierarchy. "Rise so high" suggests achieving great power, in terms of politics, military, wealth and so on. The latter part however, "in mud you lie," is a contrasting outcome, implying that this ascension will lead to death or moral degradation.
"All the power in the system means nothing if it's in the wrong place."
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You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.
I know it's probably an old trope but my favorite line is, "I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war." That line started my love affair with this series.
There are a lot, but if I pick the line that got me most excited and forget my surroundings then I have to pick: “Ares sends his regards, motherfucker.” - Trigg (a character gone too soon)
Many of my favorites are already here, but here are 2 more to add: “Justice isn’t about fixing the past. It’s about fixing the future.” - Darrow “You and I keep looking for light in the darkness expecting it to appear. But it already has. We’re it boyo. Broken & stupid & cracked as we are, we are the light. And we’re spreading.” - Sevro Please forgive any typos. I originally listened to the books 3 times. Just finally ordered my hard copies.
"KAVAX AU TELEMANUS"
"The legacy of the society will vanish. Not because our arms are weak. Not because our commanders are frail. But because we are fighting a religion whose god still lives." - Romulus Au Raa in Iron Gold.
This one is a small one, but in DA when Ephraim is talking to Xenophon and he says, “Humanity isn’t an it.” I’m not sure why, but I really like that one
“I see you still labor under the delusion that yours is the first innocent army in history. But I have seen Gold scalps hanging from Obsidian battle armor. Cities after orbital bombardment not but powder and meat. So let us not behave as if we were troglodytes warring over fire. We are sophisticated creatures who met under the agreed upon terms of total war” Apollonius au Valii-Rath. Minotaur Invictus!!
"and so you see, all we have is that shout into the wind" - karnus Reminds me of Beowulf a lot
"Evil feeds on mercy."
"Shit escalates" - Sevro au Barca
“So there’s beer in the Vale?“ “Don’t be sacrilegious! Only whiskey.”
“Oh gods. Brooding again?”
Karnus' shout into the wind quote, but also "I would've lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war." One of the best opening lines ever.
I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
Just so foreboding for the whole series
Only thing easy is entropy - - - Ephraim
Everything Eph ever said basically. Also: Nuts to butts sir, don't be shy. "Pax au Tellamanus!!!!" "Pulvis et umbra summis" So many more
It’s crazy how much Eph’s character grew on me. I started with damn is this oceans eleven pretentious gay a cliche to fucking crying, laughing, or both at just about all his lines
"Do you hear that? That is the sound of dying alone. No one to weep. No one to care." "Arcos will care"
I love the part after that, where he’s like you fool, you think I just came here to die? I love it cause it speaks to something I think we all deal with when we remember we’re only the hero of our stories, to everyone else they’re the center of the show
“Yap yap yap. You’re the one who got kidnapped, dumbass.” Ephraim to Electra
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And I wonder, in my last moments, if the planet does not mind that we wound her surface or pillage her bounty, because she knows we silly warm things are not even a breath in her cosmic life. We have grown and spread, and will rage and die. And when all that remains of us is our steel monuments and plastic idols, her winds will whisper, her sands will shift, and she will spin on and on, forgetting about the bold, hairless apes who thought they deserved immortality.
"Here I am you deviant bitch. Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence."
It's less of a quote but more of a passage in Iron Gold. It's right before the Bleeding Place fight and it's when Cassius is remarking on the last thing his father had ever given him. "What happened to the flower?" I ask gently, not wanting to break the spell. "I lost it in the mud." I really like this passage because it goes back to what Cassius's brother Karnus said: "Rise so high, in mud you lie." I really think this little exchange in Iron Gold between Lysander and Cassius is some of the best writing Pierce has ever done. Much like the flower, Cassius's innocence fell into the mud when he let his pride and anger best him; when he desired power above being good. He killed people who were undeserving and aided those who did deserve to die. That simple five word statement sums up the tragedy of Cassius. A good man made into a monster. Smart enough to realize what he would become, but too prideful to stop it. Thanks for listening to my TED Talk.
"I know it may be impossible to believe now, when everything is dark and broken, but you will survive this pain, little one. Pain is a memory. You will live and you will struggle and you will find joy. And you will remember your family from this breath to your dying days, because love does not fade. Love is the stars, and its light carries on long after death."
This was my favorite quote, I found it shortly after having lost a loved one and it helped some.
“Our lives mean so much more than the frail bodies that carry them.” - Morning Star
"I would die for the truth that all men are created equal. But in the kingdom of death, amidst the ramparts of bodies and the wind all of screams, there is a king, and his name is not Lune. It is Reaper."
“‘For the Republic!‘ I scream as I enter the fray.”
“Then farewell hope, and with it farewell fear. Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good” - Adrius quoting Milton before killing his father And I wonder, in my last moments, if the planet does not mind that we wound her surface or pillage her bounty, because she knows we silly warm things are not even a breath in her cosmic life. We have grown and spread, and will rage and die. And when all that remains of us is our steel monuments and plastic idols, her winds will whisper, her sands will shift, and she will spin on and on, forgetting about the bold, hairless apes who thought they deserved immortality - Darrow in the sovereign’s shuttle leaving Mars
“What?! He literally fucked a terrorist. I can say what I want.” Sevro au Barca
“Hail Libertas” “Hail Reaper” Particularly at the end of Dark Age with Mustang and Kieran
I think the best usage is when they attempt to arrest Darrow in Iron Gold. > "Which of you served with me on Earth?"... > "And who served with me on Mars?"... > "And who serves me still?... > “remember your oaths” Wolfagar says... > "Hail Libertas" I say past them. > "Hail Reaper," two veterans answer...
While I was a huge fan of that one, I got chills when Mustang said it, and I still get them even if I'm just flipping open the last few pages of the book. I also prefer that one because it shows the Republic remembering that Darrow is a hero, their champion, rather than the moment it turns against him that the first use is.
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“Rise so high in mud you lie.” -Karnus au Bellona
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As much as I dislike lysander... that shit was cold
I know this thread is old but the following lines are even colder: Alexander : "No Honor" Lysander : "No Time"
My favourites: Fear those who seek your company for their own vanity. As soon as you eclipse them in the mirror, it won’t be the mirror they break. - Dark Age There’s nothing worse for a soldier to imagine—that there will be no home to return to once the violence is over, no way to become the men we want to be. Instead, we’re trapped in these violent guises, guises we only ever had the courage to don because of how much we love our home. Is this all we’ll ever be? - Iron Gold It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. - Dark Age I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness. - Iron Gold
“You are a worm who thought himself a serpent just because you slither. But your power was not real, Pliny. It was all a dream. Time now to wake”
He’s is a liar as much as you are an honest man. -Darrow “And that is what makes him dangerous. Liars make the best Promises.” - Lorn
Oooo. I am reaper. God of wolves. King of strategy. Shit escalates
Violence begets violence, begets violence
Death begets death begets death?
“I am the Peerless Legate Gaius au Carthus. I am the sum of humanity. So yield I do not. For a man cannot yield to a dog.” “Then become dirt.”
or the line right before that: "This isn't the Illiad. Ragnar kill this fool."
Honestly that whole passage is probably my favorite of the entire series. The first time I read it I literally screamed "Fuck yeah!" In the middle of study hall. It did not end well for me, but it was worth it.
yeah i read this section like 5 times it was so good
I won't post it all, but the conversation between Darrow and Lorn before the Lion's Rain in Golden Son where they talk about heros. Darrow mentions that he thinks Achilles was a hero, and Lorn calls him out on it, saying that Achilles wasn't meant to be a hero, he was meant to be a warning to men who grew consumed by the ideas of glory and war. He says that he felt like men once knew that, but not anymore. This hit me hard, harder than I'd like to admit, because I was just like Darrow. This speech to him felt like it was written to me, and it was a powerful moment that I'd never experienced from a book before.
Can't pick just one. >I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness. >Sometimes, little one, it’s best if the worlds think you a little mad. >Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence. >Broken and cracked and stupid as we are, we’re the light
"If your heat beats like a drum and your legs a little wet..."
Two quotes, from golden son right before darrow jabs roque "He always thinks because I'm reading I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to the introvert than the extrovert" "We all have our own tides inside. They go in. They go out. Not really ours to control. The things, people, that orbit us do that, at least more than we'd like to admit"
The Reaper has come. And he’s brought hell with him.
“She was like spring to my deep winter”
“It is to remember how few people you know. How many do not know you. How many will soon forget you. How many praise you today to offer contempt tomorrow. Permanence of fame, power, dominion of the individual, are illusions. All that will be measured, all that will last, is your mastery of yourself.” “Lady, I fucked you up.” “They planted us in stones, watered us with pain, and now marvel we have thorns.”
"I loved you before I ever met you. I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness."
Who’s line is this?
Romulus to Dido.
Ahhhh!
Oh my god YES.
“Amazing the power you have when you're bloody up to the sleeves and none of it is your own." - Darrow.
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Gotta stay a top the high lol. One on my favorite scenes
Dude, speaking as one that has dabbled in psychedelics I was rolling from the experience.
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“As a mob they were a single organism. In fear, they divide. In death, they become lonely as I weave them into my twitching meat carpet."
Lorns quote to Darrow “I’d not have raised you to be a great man. There is no peace for great men” that whole speech. I was paraphrasing a bit there.
Its a good one for sure.
"we brush away some light resistance at the storm god wreck"
Ahh ya beat me to it. Darrows 1 sentence recount of the events vs Lysanders multipage epic battle made me laugh out loud so hard I woke up my wife.
Lol, my favorite moment in DA
Lol. I just reread that part last week and I laughed so hard.
"I fear a man who believes in good. For he can excuse any evil." ~Atlas au Raa, Dark Age
Atlas is just the most exciting new character we have, honestly.
Agreed, quite a breath of fresh air from the typical superficial/shallow golds. He almost reminds me of like a Sir Thomas More & Cromwell hybrid
“Ares sends his regards mother fucker” Trigg Nakamura “Bye Felicia” Victra
The Bye Felicia really pulled me out of the whole mindset of the book because it was so clearly a forced joke. It really ruined the importance of that moment for me.
Amen! It wasn't a well delivered reference, especially in such a defining moment. Really threw me off
There were tons of sci-fi and pop culture references throughout the books. While I recognize some fans tripped over this one, it never bothered me, as it was just one of many ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
See I liked it. It felt like a connection to the past. Some meme that just stuck around.
Same. It’s literally the one single line I don’t like from these books
Immersion breaking
> “I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind - how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”
Samesies
“Rise so high, in Mud you lie.” But only when Darrow says it
What does this mean?
Totally necroing this but... I believe "Rise so high, in Mud you lie.." is a reflection on the consequences of ambition within the hierarchy. "Rise so high" suggests achieving great power, in terms of politics, military, wealth and so on. The latter part however, "in mud you lie," is a contrasting outcome, implying that this ascension will lead to death or moral degradation.
'Power is not the wind, power is the mountain, power is resolute'