Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

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

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

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

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

"Pain only disables the weak."

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

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

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

"This, I think, is the crux of evil in this world, Majesty: those who feel entitled to whatever they want, whatever they can grab. Such people never ask themselves if they have the right. They consider no cost to anyone but themselves."

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

"And Kelsea wondered suddenly whether humanity ever actually changed. Did people grow and learn at all as the centuries past? Or was humanity merely like the tide, enlightenment advancing and then retreating as circumstances shifted? The most defining characteristic of the species might be lapse."

Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling