Pierce Brown, Red Rising

"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."

"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."