“But in weakness, you find your strength. It takes no small amount of courage to open yourself up,” the Empress said gently. “You leave pieces of yourself in the ones you love. Is that not the greatest power, to endure… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“She would bloom where she was planted and let her roots close around the throats of her enemies.” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“Isn’t’ it better to give up a fraction of your freedom to gain tenfold in happiness, even for a short time?” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“I want to mean something to a great deal of people. I am tired of being no one. As Empress, I would have the… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“The beauty of this world is fading all too fast through the cruelty and thoughtlessness of men.” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“She was a monster, a bride of the darkness, and she rose to face her destiny as though it were the blood-red sunrise of… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“Love killed your mother, Guma had always warned her. Give your heart and you lose your soul.” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“If my beauty is my greatest weapon, vanity is the shield that protects me.” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“She would wrap her coils around him in tender confinement and be not his captive, but his captor.” — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“Xifeng tilted her face, a pale moon in the evening of the water. She felt like a goddess in the shimmering light. She was… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“I'm sick to death of lords and kings and emperors. What do they do but play games and let their people pay the price… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“But in weakness, you find your strength. It takes no small amount of courage to open yourself up,” the Empress said gently. “You leave… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“She knew her own worth. She would seize her destiny with all the strength and spirit within her, and bend them all to her… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
“For that is the way of the world, Guma’s voice echoed. Some are given a rope to the moon, and others claw up the… — Julie C. Dao Copy Share Image
