“I have lived that life already, in the mud, in the shadows, in a cell, in a silk dress. I will never submit again. I will never stop fighting.”
“In school, we learned about the world before ours, about the angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don’t believe that. The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.”
“Their blood is a threat, a warning, a promise. We are not the same and never will be.”
“You will be scrutinized. From now on, you will live on the edge of a knife. One false step, one wrong word, and you will suffer for it.”
“I feel the heat of the sparks, running up and down my body, setting every nerve on fire. It isn’t a bad feeling though. In fact, I feel, well, alive.”
“You are not Silver. Your parents are Red, you are Red, and your blood is red. You are a miracle, Mare Barrow, an impossibility. Something even I can’t understand and I have seen all of you.”
“The power is in me and I don’t want to let go. It feels better than pain.”
“I’m an accident. I’m a lie. And my life depends on maintaining the illusion.”
“Make no mistake, my girl. You are playing this game as someone’s pawn.”
“The truth doesn’t matter. It only matters what the people believe.”
“For hundreds of years, the Silvers have walked the earth as living gods and the Reds have been insects at their feet, until you.”
“I am finally learning my lesson. Anyone can betray anyone.”
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