Commencement Quote by John Green

“The Empire must fall.”

— Chuck Wendig

“fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong.”

— Bobby Adair

“The collapsing of an empire. This changing word moves inexorably on. Thoughts bubble and the stiller the mind the more palpable the dazzling torrent…

— Stephen Batchelor

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

— Edward A. Hudson

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

— Kurt Vonnegut

“He had a hear that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a…

— Gaston Laroux

“Downfall? How ominous you make it sound. There is no downfall being plotted. Merely a question being asked. (Callie) Aye, and empires have been…

— Kinley MacGregor

“An empire that could have stood sound under a single sovereign was wrecked through being run by sundry rulers.”

— Andrew Chugg

“How empire permeates!”

— Dennis Lee

“Then they turned away from each other to walk into the crowd, meet new people, and become the citizens of the Empire they were…

— Claudia Gray

“Empires come and go, but playgrounds last forever.”

— Paul Kareem Tayyar

“I'd better get back to work. I have empires to topple, people to fire, lives to ruin...”

— Whitney Gaskell