The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3)

by Erika Johansen

God does not keep his hands to himself. Believe, or not; your neighbor’s belief will wound you just as surely as your own.

“You idealists are all the same,” the Red Queen spat. “You assume that because you wish no harm, your decisions are always harmless.

You are special, everyone is special. But you are not better. All are valuable.

how easily certainty became uprooted in the dark.

as always, the story was the compelling thing, worth all of its sufferings to find out the ending.

Our species is capable of altruism, certainly, but it is not a game we play willingly, let alone well.

the Town’s problems were deeper than a single man, and killing a would-be dictator only left an empty throne.