A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3)

by Stacia Stark

if there is one thing I have learned, it’s that it is better for a man to make you his enemy than for him to believe you are helpless. Men respect their enemies, but they prey on the weak.”

‘Swords may clash in battle, but words shape the destiny of kingdoms.’”

“How do you control a population? You keep the people poor and uneducated. Tell them the same lie for centuries, and tie that lie to religion. Those people will believe you even when the truth is dancing naked in front of them. Because to believe otherwise would mean their entire world has always been a lie. And that realization is too difficult for most people to take.”