Meet New People Quote by Claudia Gray

“The Empire must fall.”

— Chuck Wendig

“This was the way it had always been between them. The world tried to destroy them, but they kept each other alive.”

— Lauren DeStefano

“Ironically, their shocking success also awakened the very forces that eventually would marginalize them within the empire they had created.”

— Sven Beckert

“They were here from the beginning. They have reshaped our lives, run us from our homes. They were always here.”

— Nadège Richards

“When the conquests stopped, the empire moved into a steady state or, more bluntly, it stagnated.”

— Edward A. Hudson

“How empire permeates!”

— Dennis Lee

“An entire empire needing his attention, and yet in that moment, I am his whole world.”

— J. Kenner

“The Empire does not require that its servants love each other, merely that they perform their duty.”

— J. M. Coetzee

“It was an age of Empires. So is this one, not all that well disguised.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Long before they had ever met, I think this destiny awaited them. They were not like ships passing in the night. It wasn't like…

— Gen Urobuchi

“They were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all…

— Keri Hulme

“For their heroism was that they had to conquer themselves first.”

— Albert Camus