I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
PIERCE BROWN You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brigh...
PIERCE BROWN I've always looked at independent booksellers in a romantic light.
PIERCE BROWN That’s what Society does—spread the blame so there is no villain
PIERCE BROWN Words are a weapon stronger than he knows. And songs are even greater. The words wake the mind. The ...
PIERCE BROWN Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.
PIERCE BROWN She will not come back, but her beauty, her voice, will echo until the end of time. She believed in ...
PIERCE BROWN Bye, Felicia.
PIERCE BROWN I live for the dream that my children will be born free. That they will be what they like. That they...
PIERCE BROWN I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.
PIERCE BROWN Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.
PIERCE BROWN The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.
PIERCE BROWN Love and war are two different battlefields.
PIERCE BROWN There are so many ideas that you just come up with on a day-to-day basis when you're a writer th...
PIERCE BROWN A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising...
PIERCE BROWN I usually dislike second books in series. The only second installment I ever loved was 'The Empi...
PIERCE BROWN justice isn’t about fixing the past, it’s about fixing the future. We’re not fighting for the ...
PIERCE BROWN Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.
PIERCE BROWN Everyone's honest till they're caught in a lie.
PIERCE BROWN There is no peace for great men
PIERCE BROWN If your heart beats like a drum, and your legs a little wet, it’s because the Reaper’s come to c...
PIERCE BROWN My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.
PIERCE BROWN I think girls have a harder time than guys do if you're switching schools. Guys don't get pi...
PIERCE BROWN 'I killed their pack leader,' Sevro says when I ask why the wolves follow him. He looks me up and d...
PIERCE BROWN My people sing, we dance, we love. That is our strength. But we also dig. And then we die. Seldom do...
PIERCE BROWN Society has three stages: Savagery, Ascendance, Decadence. The great rise because of Savagery. They ...
PIERCE BROWN He always thinks because I'm reading, I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an intro...
PIERCE BROWN Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver.” She makes sure I don’t speak.
“Un...
PIERCE BROWN Mustang...' I rest my hand on her wrist. Despite her strength, it's frail in my hands. Frail as the ...
PIERCE BROWN Would that my hands were meant to build. I would know what to say. What to do. Maybe in another life...
PIERCE BROWN It's hard for me to speak to you as if you were not a tyrant," I say. "You sit here and think you ar...
PIERCE BROWN Wise men read books about history. Strong men write them.
PIERCE BROWN Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine...
PIERCE BROWN Personally, I do not want to make you a man. Men are so very frail. Men break. Men die. No, I’ve a...
PIERCE BROWN The Gray soldiers prowl the cities ensuring order, ensuring obedience to the hierarchy. The Whites a...
PIERCE BROWN Pity is not forgiveness, nor is gratitude absolution.
PIERCE BROWN When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty ...
PIERCE BROWN They call me the Morning Star. That star by which griffin-riders and travelers navigate the wastes i...
PIERCE BROWN Liars make the best promises.
PIERCE BROWN A man thinks he can fly, but he is afraid to jump. A poor friend pushes him from behind.” He looks...
PIERCE BROWN 'Found the sheep too easy to kill?' I ask. 'Where'd you get the weapon?'

'Born with the...
PIERCE BROWN ... You have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.
PIERCE BROWN There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.
PIERCE BROWN 'Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also ref...
PIERCE BROWN There is a flower that grows on Mars. It is red and harsh and fit for our soil. It is called haemant...
PIERCE BROWN And what is the bloodydamn point of surviving in this cold world if I run from the only warmth it ha...
PIERCE BROWN You're just as much an outsider as I am. I've read your dissertations."
"You have?" She's surpr...
PIERCE BROWN Tidings! It’s Uncle Sevro and the Moderately Friendly Giant.
PIERCE BROWN Tactics win battles. Strategy wins wars," I say.
"Oooo. I am Reaper. God of wolves. King of str...
PIERCE BROWN You're a sinister little shit, aren't you?" Victra asks.
"I'm Gold, bitch. What'd you expect? W...
PIERCE BROWN All my people sing of are memories. And so I will remember this death. It will burden me as it does ...
PIERCE BROWN Death isn't empty like you say it is. Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living...
PIERCE BROWN It is strange being in a crowd where no one knows your face or cares for your purpose. In Lykos, I w...
PIERCE BROWN I cannot escape it, what I’ve done, no matter how far I
follow the tunnel. I am alone with my...
PIERCE BROWN 'Personally, I do not want to make you a man. Men are so very frail. Men break. Men die. No, I've a...
PIERCE BROWN None of the billion lowReds beneath Mars would be happy if they knew what the highReds knew - that t...
PIERCE BROWN Habla y ellos te escucharán -me apremia-. Es así de simple. Todos los oídos quieren escuchar una ...
PIERCE BROWN ...but why show a devil you know his strength. It just makes me a threat to him.
PIERCE BROWN Death is easy when you've already tried to find it.
PIERCE BROWN Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion
PIERCE Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
TAMORA PIERCE The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking...
TAMORA PIERCE Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter ...
TAMORA PIERCE We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every ...
TAMORA PIERCE I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.
TAMORA PIERCE I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third p...
TAMORA PIERCE I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to...
TAMORA PIERCE Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I ...
TAMORA PIERCE I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. ...
TAMORA PIERCE Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
TAMORA PIERCE You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself bes...
TAMORA PIERCE With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don'...
TAMORA PIERCE If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would ...
TAMORA PIERCE After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really...
TAMORA PIERCE What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves t...
TAMORA PIERCE I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any ...
TAMORA PIERCE What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achiev...
TAMORA PIERCE My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull...
TAMORA PIERCE One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my chara...
TAMORA PIERCE If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, ...
TAMORA PIERCE I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
TAMORA PIERCE Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out...
TAMORA PIERCE I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image le...
TAMORA PIERCE I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And whe...
WENDELL PIERCE I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and liv...
WENDELL PIERCE We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
WENDELL PIERCE It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause y...
WENDELL PIERCE Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those peo...
WENDELL PIERCE One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people...
WENDELL PIERCE New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a ...
WENDELL PIERCE At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just ...
WENDELL PIERCE I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer ...
WENDELL PIERCE 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud ...
WENDELL PIERCE A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ...
WENDELL PIERCE The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
WENDELL PIERCE What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflec...
WENDELL PIERCE The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, w...
WENDELL PIERCE And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and com...
WENDELL PIERCE The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided ...
WENDELL PIERCE Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
WENDELL PIERCE With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
FRANKLIN PIERCE I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.
PIERCE BROSNAN Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. I...
PIERCE BROSNAN You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issu...
PIERCE BROSNAN There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond o...
CHARLIE PIERCE Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other."
Lark: "I didn't say they liked i...
TAMORA PIERCE Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Wh...
TAMORA PIERCE Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you eve...
TAMORA PIERCE I--buy, and I sell."
"You're a thief.
TAMORA PIERCE George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think...
TAMORA PIERCE Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she...
TAMORA PIERCE You're more trouble than you're worth."
"I'm a girl. That's my job.
TAMORA PIERCE This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's ro...
TAMORA PIERCE Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
TAMORA PIERCE The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her fri...
TAMORA PIERCE Photograph is a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than th...
AMBROSE PIERCE From '86 until the summer of last year, wherever I went, people would say, You would have made a gre...
PIERCE BROSNAN It's harder to heal than it is to kill.
TAMORA PIERCE Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
TAMORA PIERCE The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a...
TAMORA PIERCE Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
FRANKLIN PIERCE I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen throug...
PIERCE BROSNAN We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are respons...
CHARLIE PIERCE Action films can be like watching paint dry. You can just die in the trailer waiting for them to set...
PIERCE BROSNAN 'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligat...
CHARLIE PIERCE Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together ...
PIERCE BROSNAN To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.
PIERCE BROSNAN With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for s...
PIERCE BROSNAN Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about wha...
PAUL PIERCE Gradually, football has seen its appeal slip at the most basic levels. Pediatricians are advising pa...
CHARLIE PIERCE Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, ...
WENDELL PIERCE Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love. Love means that you are cont...
PIERCE BROSNAN I'm one of those guys who believes that you need a strong woman in your life.
PIERCE BROSNAN I like dressing in all seasons. Every season has its own character and charm.
PIERCE BROSNAN Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.
PAUL PIERCE Kids get influenced by other kids.
PAUL PIERCE At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I ...
PAUL PIERCE The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.
PAUL PIERCE I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.
PAUL PIERCE My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way h...
PAUL PIERCE 'A Christmas Story' is my favorite Christmas movie.
PAUL PIERCE I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm d...
PAUL PIERCE I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around ...
PAUL PIERCE I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3...
PAUL PIERCE I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a ...
PAUL PIERCE Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try...
PAUL PIERCE When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out ...
PAUL PIERCE I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.
PAUL PIERCE Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me ...
PAUL PIERCE I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on ...
PAUL PIERCE The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.
PAUL PIERCE A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back whe...
PAUL PIERCE I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approa...
PAUL PIERCE My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and h...
PAUL PIERCE When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go...
PAUL PIERCE The game isn't over till the clock says zero.
PAUL PIERCE I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play d...
PAUL PIERCE There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line...
PAUL PIERCE I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.
PAUL PIERCE Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience.
PIERCE BROSNAN Ralon didn't make anyone else put his tack away?" Alex wanted to know. "You didn't see anything stra...
TAMORA PIERCE A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.
TAMORA PIERCE I had planned on coming back to get clothes for the next day, but I couldn't get in the building. It...
BEN PIERCE A lot of the technology stocks may be down lately, but people who have been holding good old blue ch...
BEN PIERCE People tend to do much of their tax planning late in the year.
BEN PIERCE What we try to do is make it easy for people with the financial means and philanthropic interest to ...
BEN PIERCE Personally, I think that the school did a poor job of letting the students know about our situation,...
BEN PIERCE I told Ersken, "Lately it's been like living on the knife's edge, never knowing which side I'll fall...
TAMORA PIERCE Scary with you is better than scary without you
TAMORA PIERCE I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'
PIERCE BROSNAN Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million insta...
PIERCE BROSNAN You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game.
PIERCE BROSNAN Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
TAMORA PIERCE Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends
TAMORA PIERCE I bet his mother was a wyvern.
-Scamp
TAMORA PIERCE Scummer, pox and wound rot!" roared Tunstall, slamming his fist down on the bed. "Gods cursed the pi...
TAMORA PIERCE Guys ask me when I'm going to be back, and I don't have no answer for them. At the same time, I've g...
ANTONIO PIERCE We've got a lot of quality right now. Get us a defensive tackle and a little more depth, and we'll b...
ANTONIO PIERCE He's revived. He's coming back with a chip on his shoulder.
ANTONIO PIERCE maybe the smartest player we have.
ANTONIO PIERCE Jay's my boy ... He's saved our butt three or four times,
ANTONIO PIERCE That's how serious he is about proving himself. This isn't even about playing with a chip on your sh...
ANTONIO PIERCE We played those guys as tough as anybody at their place. We put ourselves in a position to win, and ...
ANTONIO PIERCE When I first signed here, I was told by Coach Coughlin, the defensive coordinator, everybody, 'We ha...
ANTONIO PIERCE We knock those guys off next week, we might not have the best record in the N.F.C., but we'd have th...
ANTONIO PIERCE It felt real good, ... Just to go out and prove that I can do it week in and week out. Not just to t...
ANTONIO PIERCE The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality i...
CHARLIE PIERCE A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absu...
FRANKLIN PIERCE Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or,...
CHARLIE PIERCE Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you...
TAMORA PIERCE Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere ...
MARY PIERCE The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow...
CHARLIE PIERCE I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pret...
PIERCE BROSNAN I know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in t...
PIERCE BROSNAN A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQuee...
PIERCE BROSNAN There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular ...
TAMORA PIERCE Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obey...
TAMORA PIERCE You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.
TAMORA PIERCE