Loyalty Quote by Steven Erikson

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

— Rob Parnell

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

— Kresley Cole

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

— J. M. Coetzee

“To be a good ruler one must be the best of servants.”

— J. Aaron Gruben

“The Emperor represents our acceptance of authority, either that of our parents or employers or the state and government under which we live. Together…

— Rob Parnell

“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

“You care for empresses and queens?” I asked him. “No. For tragic heroines.” “Why them?” “Suffering and courageous women who deserve their own immortality.”

— 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

“To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served.”

— Jay Kristoff

“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

“She said a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. She said he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the…

— Frank Herbert

“There is a certain grandeur and nobility in administering to another’s need out of one’s fullness and plenty.”

— Howard Thurman