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"What is pride without honor? What is honor without truth? Honor is not what you say. It is not what you read." Romulus thumps his chest. "Honor is what you do."

— Pierce Brown Morning Star (2016)

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Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.

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