Tragic hero Quote by Ronald Frame

“I want to be Empress.” “Oh, Theodora, don’t be insane.” Antonina took her friend’s hands. “Do you really think a circus clown can become…

— Carol Strickland

“The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured. How artfully she beckons, how perfectly she punishes…”

— Kresley Cole

“The Empress expects obedience of her servants, and demands loyalty.’ ‘Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.”

— Steven Erikson

“Although the woman—like the countless victims that came before her—would never appreciate the gift, through death, he would give her immortality.”

— Ethan Cross

“I am a lady-in-waiting, and she is the princess. No, the empress. The empress of the world.”

— Sara Ryan

“The Empress acknowledges our nurturing side, the need for tact and careful consideration about the consequences of our attitudes.”

— Rob Parnell

“What is a princess, and what is a queen? Why is the princess often a pejorative description of a certain type of woman, and…

— Marianne Williamson

“THE EMPRESS LO was not beautiful but she was ambitious and, sometimes, ambition can take you further than beauty. The women of the court…

— Hope Barrett

“I started my career early.” At my raised brows, he said, “Assassin. My deadly gift made me well suited for the job. A single…

— Kresley Cole

“She died a few days later, and her death buried once and for all the intrigues between the Precious Wife, the Gracious Wife, and…

— Shan Sa

“At least the more modern princesses had the guts to do something aside from clean and wait to be rescued. They armed themselves and…

— Thomm Quackenbush

“The Empress doesn’t get collared, or caged, or tortured.”

— Kresley Cole