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Erika Johansen quotes: Tell me, Mrs. Mayhew, have you ever dreamed of a better world?" "Who hasn't?" "Anyone who profits by keeping the world as it is.

Tell me, Mrs. Mayhew, have you ever dreamed of a better world?" "Who hasn't?" "Anyone who profits by keeping the world as it is.

Erika Johansen quotes: Rulers who attempt to control an unwilling populace govern nothing, and often find their heads atop a pike to boot.

Rulers who attempt to control an unwilling populace govern nothing, and often find their heads atop a pike to boot.

Erika Johansen quotes: as always, the story was the compelling thing, worth all of its suffering to find out the ending

as always, the story was the compelling thing, worth all of its suffering to find out the ending

Erika Johansen quotes: Only a fool blames the dealer

Only a fool blames the dealer

Erika Johansen quotes: The hawk ripped out his jugular, spraying the morning sunlight with a fine mist of blood.

The hawk ripped out his jugular, spraying the morning sunlight with a fine mist of blood.

Erika Johansen quotes: When it fails, they do call it madness, Lazarus. But when it succeeds, they call it genius.

When it fails, they do call it madness, Lazarus. But when it succeeds, they call it genius.

Erika Johansen quotes: Memory cut infinitely deeper than swords;

Memory cut infinitely deeper than swords;

Erika Johansen quotes: Katie preferred honesty, even at the expense of civility. She longed to have everything in the open.

Katie preferred honesty, even at the expense of civility. She longed to have everything in the open.

Erika Johansen quotes: The future cannot be divorced from the past.

The future cannot be divorced from the past.

Erika Johansen quotes: If they want to walk around armed and build fences and let a church tell them what to do, let them wallow in it.

If they want to walk around armed and build fences and let a church tell them what to do, let them wallow in it.

Erika Johansen quotes: There's a better world out there, so close we can almost touch it.

There's a better world out there, so close we can almost touch it.

Erika Johansen quotes: We don't always choose, Majesty. We simply make the best choices we can once the deed is done

We don't always choose, Majesty. We simply make the best choices we can once the deed is done

Erika Johansen quotes: Pain only disables the weak.

Pain only disables the weak.

Erika Johansen quotes: Carlin always said that most men were dogs, and Kelsea had never taken her seriously; there were too many good books written by men.

Carlin always said that most men were dogs, and Kelsea had never taken her seriously; there were too many good books written by men.

Erika Johansen quotes: Time stretched years back and years forward, but nothing that came afterward ever had the power to wash away what came before.

Time stretched years back and years forward, but nothing that came afterward ever had the power to wash away what came before.

Erika Johansen quotes: You are special, everyone is special. But you are not better. All are valuable.

You are special, everyone is special. But you are not better. All are valuable.

Erika Johansen quotes: She was unable to keep silent, even when silence would save her trouble or pain.

She was unable to keep silent, even when silence would save her trouble or pain.

Erika Johansen quotes: Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement

Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement

Erika Johansen quotes: Lady, if you don't wake up, I'm going to have you baptized.

Lady, if you don't wake up, I'm going to have you baptized.

Erika Johansen quotes: We have trust, Lady, you and I?""I trust you with my life, Andalie.

We have trust, Lady, you and I?"
"I trust you with my life, Andalie.

Erika Johansen quotes: You win your people or you lose your throne.

You win your people or you lose your throne.

Erika Johansen quotes: Kelsea saw now that there was something far worse than being ugly: being ugly and thinking you were beautiful.

Kelsea saw now that there was something far worse than being ugly: being ugly and thinking you were beautiful.

Erika Johansen quotes: She had been ready to kill Da, ready for years, but now she was amazed to find that she had done something even more difficult: she had spoken aloud.

She had been ready to kill Da, ready for years, but now she was amazed to find that she had done something even more difficult: she had spoken aloud.

Erika Johansen quotes: Entire countries would close their borders and build walls to keep out phantom threats. Can you imagine?

Entire countries would close their borders and build walls to keep out phantom threats. Can you imagine?

Erika Johansen quotes: Stick with hard copies; they're harder to alter after publication. In the better world, there won't be any electronics at all.

Stick with hard copies; they're harder to alter after publication. In the better world, there won't be any electronics at all.

Erika Johansen quotes: Corruption begins with a single moment of weakness.

Corruption begins with a single moment of weakness.

Erika Johansen quotes: Are you my father, Lazarus?"Mace's mouth twisted. "No, Lady. I wish I was. I wanted to be. But I am not.

Are you my father, Lazarus?"
Mace's mouth twisted. "No, Lady. I wish I was. I wanted to be. But I am not.

Erika Johansen quotes: There's danger in the system of justice that makes no allowance for circumstance.

There's danger in the system of justice that makes no allowance for circumstance.

Erika Johansen quotes: Stories moved Kelsea most, stories of things that never were, stories that transported her beyond the changeless world of the cottage.

Stories moved Kelsea most, stories of things that never were, stories that transported her beyond the changeless world of the cottage.

Erika Johansen quotes: Names made a thing real.

Names made a thing real.

Erika Johansen quotes: This is how women are trained to stay indoors, she thought, the idea echoing in her mind like a gravesong. This is how women are trained not to act.

This is how women are trained to stay indoors, she thought, the idea echoing in her mind like a gravesong. This is how women are trained not to act.

Erika Johansen quotes: I know all about the wildness of youth, believe me. But regret has a terrible ability to follow you, long after youth has vanished

I know all about the wildness of youth, believe me. But regret has a terrible ability to follow you, long after youth has vanished

Erika Johansen quotes: The Fetch was intelligent, diabolically so, and intelligent people devised intelligent cruelties. That was where the Red Queen had always excelled.

The Fetch was intelligent, diabolically so, and intelligent people devised intelligent cruelties. That was where the Red Queen had always excelled.

Erika Johansen quotes: Whenever she had a problem to consider, she invariably found herself in the library, for it was easier to think when she was surrounded by books.

Whenever she had a problem to consider, she invariably found herself in the library, for it was easier to think when she was surrounded by books.

Erika Johansen quotes: I missed you, Lazarus. More than I missed the sunlight, even.

I missed you, Lazarus. More than I missed the sunlight, even.

Erika Johansen quotes: Divested of your clothing and women and guard, you're just a traitor with his crimes laid bare for the world to see.

Divested of your clothing and women and guard, you're just a traitor with his crimes laid bare for the world to see.

Erika Johansen quotes: It's a real thing, glory. But it pales in comparison to what we sacrifice for it.

It's a real thing, glory. But it pales in comparison to what we sacrifice for it.

Erika Johansen quotes: The Tearling... I told them not to name things after me. - William Tear

The Tearling... I told them not to name things after me. - William Tear

Erika Johansen quotes: And if Tear's words can't be trusted, then who do we listen to? Yourself. The

And if Tear's words can't be trusted, then who do we listen to? Yourself. The

Erika Johansen quotes: Some people were simply broken, something inside them grown wrong and twisted.

Some people were simply broken, something inside them grown wrong and twisted.

Erika Johansen quotes: Selfishness and self-destruction, riding hand in hand, as they so often did.

Selfishness and self-destruction, riding hand in hand, as they so often did.

Erika Johansen quotes: An upset stomach was a small price to pay for fiction made real.

An upset stomach was a small price to pay for fiction made real.

Erika Johansen quotes: Christ, let's go.""Women shouldn't curse.""Get fucked.

Christ, let's go."
"Women shouldn't curse."
"Get fucked.

Erika Johansen quotes: But even Carlin's words had no weight when fury washed over Kelsea; it was a tide that cleared all obstacles.

But even Carlin's words had no weight when fury washed over Kelsea; it was a tide that cleared all obstacles.

Erika Johansen quotes: They had found the seven volumes of Rowling with no help at all, but there was no squabbling.

They had found the seven volumes of Rowling with no help at all, but there was no squabbling.

Erika Johansen quotes: Your Majesty's rescuer said a true thing, and one that's stayed with me. Often the direct way is the right way, for reasons that can't be foreseen.

Your Majesty's rescuer said a true thing, and one that's stayed with me. Often the direct way is the right way, for reasons that can't be foreseen.

Erika Johansen quotes: Anger was the indulgence of a child, not a queen.

Anger was the indulgence of a child, not a queen.

Erika Johansen quotes: I see that you have a knife behind your back... You will drop your knife. - Ewen, to Brenna

I see that you have a knife behind your back... You will drop your knife. - Ewen, to Brenna

Erika Johansen quotes: Such a statement would be blasphemous, Majesty," the Holy Father replied, his tone gently reproving. "No man can speak for God.

Such a statement would be blasphemous, Majesty," the Holy Father replied, his tone gently reproving. "No man can speak for God.

Erika Johansen quotes: Children conceived by this woman would only be cannibalized by her womb.

Children conceived by this woman would only be cannibalized by her womb.

Erika Johansen quotes: Love was a real thing, Aisa thought, but secondary. Certainly love was not as real as her sword.

Love was a real thing, Aisa thought, but secondary. Certainly love was not as real as her sword.

Erika Johansen quotes: My responsibility, she thought, and the idea brought no fear now, only an extraordinary sense of gratitude. My kingdom.

My responsibility, she thought, and the idea brought no fear now, only an extraordinary sense of gratitude.
My kingdom.

Erika Johansen quotes: You think I don't care about my people, but I do... - The Red Queen

You think I don't care about my people, but I do... - The Red Queen

Erika Johansen quotes: Everyone dies eventually. I think it's better to die clean.

Everyone dies eventually. I think it's better to die clean.

Erika Johansen quotes: Vallee had taken an arrow in the knee from a sniper.

Vallee had taken an arrow in the knee from a sniper.

Erika Johansen quotes: The future was only disasters of the past, waiting to happen anew.

The future was only disasters of the past, waiting to happen anew.

Erika Johansen quotes: Even small gestures of kindness have the potential to reap enormous rewards. Only the shortsighted man believes otherwise.

Even small gestures of kindness have the potential to reap enormous rewards. Only the shortsighted man believes otherwise.

Erika Johansen quotes: Beware the past, Kelsea. Be a steward.

Beware the past, Kelsea. Be a steward.

Erika Johansen quotes: Carlin often said that history was everything, for it was in man's nature to make the same mistakes over and over.

Carlin often said that history was everything, for it was in man's nature to make the same mistakes over and over.

Erika Johansen quotes: Even I won't defy her. She is terrible.""Let me tell you a secret, General. I am worse.

Even I won't defy her. She is terrible."
"Let me tell you a secret, General. I am worse.

Erika Johansen quotes: A church was only as good or bad as the philosophy that emanated from the pulpit.

A church was only as good or bad as the philosophy that emanated from the pulpit.

Erika Johansen quotes: You think of beauty only as a blessing, Majesty, but it brings its own punishments.

You think of beauty only as a blessing, Majesty, but it brings its own punishments.

Erika Johansen quotes: Rape's a weapon of war. The women got over it.

Rape's a weapon of war. The women got over it.

Erika Johansen quotes: It's all right lady," Pen murmured. "I won't let you fall.

It's all right lady," Pen murmured. "I won't let you fall.

Erika Johansen quotes: (...) have is the hell of want.

(...) have is the hell of want.

Erika Johansen quotes: The problems of the past.How the problems of the past, uncorrected, inevitably became the problems of the future.

The problems of the past.
How the problems of the past, uncorrected, inevitably became the problems of the future.

Erika Johansen quotes: Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.

Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.

Erika Johansen quotes: Empathy. Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers. Lazarus,

Empathy. Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers. Lazarus,

Erika Johansen quotes: Learn all the knowledge in the world, but your gut will always know best.

Learn all the knowledge in the world, but your gut will always know best.

Erika Johansen quotes: The Queen held up her hands for silence. At that moment, Javel knew for certain that she truly was the Queen, though he never knew why or how he knew.

The Queen held up her hands for silence. At that moment, Javel knew for certain that she truly was the Queen, though he never knew why or how he knew.

Erika Johansen quotes: Humanity would have to work for that society, and work hard, dedicating themselves to an unending vigilance against the mistakes of the past. It

Humanity would have to work for that society, and work hard, dedicating themselves to an unending vigilance against the mistakes of the past. It

Erika Johansen quotes: I am Death. I come quickly, I come slowly, but I am not cheated.

I am Death. I come quickly, I come slowly, but I am not cheated.

Erika Johansen quotes: Those who cease to worry about their souls often find them difficult to reclaim later

Those who cease to worry about their souls often find them difficult to reclaim later