1) "Anger was the indulgence of a child, not a queen.","erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling"

2) "I am Death. I come quickly, I come slowly, but I am not cheated.","erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling"

3) "Wenn ich es mir aussuchen könnte, würde ich am liebsten bei einem Flugzeugabsturz sterben. Aber auf gar keinen Fall im Bett. Vielleicht mit Ines, oder mit Frau Sprengel, auf dem Linienflug nach Südamerika. Das rechte Triebwerk ist mit einem kaum hörbaren Knall explodiert und zieht eine endlose Feuerschleppe hinter sich her, als wir gerade über dem offenen Meer sind. Die Passagiere kreischen, einige ganz Doofe betteln die Stewardess um Fallschirme an. Ich lege meine Lektüre aus der Hand, beuge mich zu Ines, und sage, ich hatte noch gar nicht zu Ende gelesen. Und Ines sagt, gut, dass wir nicht das teure Hotel gebucht haben. Und wir schauen uns an und wissen, dass wir uns verstanden haben in diesem Leben. Durch das kleine runde Fenster rast die Wasseroberfläche auf uns zu, die bei dieser Geschwindigkeit härter ist als Beton, und ich halte Ines fest und flüstere ihr etwas in Ohr, solange ich noch flüstern kann und solange sie noch ein Ohr hat.",Wolfgang Herrndorf

4) "Ketakutan dan kebimbangan itu lahir dari jelmaan bayangan bagaimana pandangan mata mereka melihat kita. Hukuman-hukuman dunia yang membarisi akal fikir manusia sedikit sebanyak mengundang keterbatasan. Bila pun aku berkata aku telah dewasa dan bebas, tapi masih merasa terkongkong dan terikat, saat itulah aku percaya aku perlu berehat sebentar dari memikirkan hal-hal dunia yang tidak akan pernah puas dan habisnya.Apa yang sedang kau cari dan gali? Harta milik Qorun turun temurun? Gerun.",Nuratiqah Jani

5) "Nou, Stanley Donne legde ons uit dat alle godsdiensten ter wereld, occulte broederschappen, alle mystici en sjamanen, of het nu Rozenkruisers, Ridders van de Ronde Tafel, Egyptische hogepriesters, Tibetaanse boeddhistishce monniken, Zuid-Amerikaanse naguals, Indiase yogi's, Keltische druïden of discipelen van Jezus waren, allemaal hetzelfde doel nastreefden, namelijk om het bewustzijn van het individu dusdanig te vergroten en te verheffen dat hij of zij uiteindelijk tot een kosmisch bewustzijn komt en toetreedt tot hogere dimensies.","Tim Ray, De gelofte"

6) "It was strange, because she always felt that she hid herself from erika, that she was more 'herself' with her 'true' friends, where the friendship flowed in an ordinary, uncomplicated, grown-up fashion (emails, phone calls, drinks, dinners, banter and jokes that everyone got), but right now it felt like none of those friends knew her the raw, ugly, childish, basic way that erika did.","Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty"

7) "Toxic' was actually an accurate description of the feelings Clementine had so often felt in erika's presence: the intense aggravation she had to work so hard to resist and conceal, the disappointment with herself, because erika wasn't evil or cruel or stupid, she was simply annoying, and Clementine's response to her annoyingness was so completely disporportionate, it embarassed and confounded her. erika loved Clementine. She'd do anything for her. So why did she inflame Clementine so? It was like she was allergic to her.","Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty"

8) "She'd started swimming early in the morning, when the kids were asleep, when she thought he was asleep. She didn't know her absence woke him, that the shift in the bed was an earthquake. When she climbed back in, she smelled like salt and seaweed. Sometimes her hair would still be knotted on top of her head. She tried to keep it dry. She didn't want him to know. The problem with marrying the mermaid girl from the carnival was knowing that one day she'd swim away.",erika Swyler

9) "The problem with stealing the magician's assistant from a carnival was that you were always waiting for her to disappear. He expected her to vanish. She had in fact, multiple times, before Simon was born, and just after, too. ...Daniel wanted to be worried for, wanted to be missed without doing any of the leaving that missing demanded. When Paulina left, he counted breaths, and thought constantly of the disappearing box. The reappearing was the most important part of the trick. Eventually he stopped living in fear that she wouldn't come back. The more pressing concern was that she was cutting herself in two.","erika Swyler, The Mermaid Girl: A Story"

10) "Actually, I came because I have a last-minute invitation. My friend erika Gill is having a big party tomorrow night, one of those all-out birthday bashes that girls like. Want to go?""----------------------------------------""No. Sorry.""""Since it's a catered thing, at a restaurant, I'll pick you up at- what did you say?""""I'm sorry. I can't do it.""----------------------------------------""You're busy?""""I just can't do it,"" I said.","Elizabeth Chandler, The Back Door of Midnight"

11) "Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.","erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling"

12) "So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom.","Franz Kafka, Amerika"

13) "We're going up there,"" she told them. ""To the Keep. Your first instinct will be to protect me, I know-""""Here it comes,"" Dyer muttered""But do me a favor and protect each other. Understand, Dyer?""""Yes, Lady, yes! Because that's what I signed up for: to guard other guards while I leave the Queen to her own devices.",erika Johansen

14) "Few things are more dangerous to an egalitarian ideal than the concept of a chosen people, and the divide drawn by the early iteration of God's Church helped to exacerbate the many ideological faults that already underlay the landscape. When they chips were down, Tear's people were ready to turn on each other, and the fall of the Town was very quick, so quick that this historian wonders whether all such communities are not destined to fail. Our species is capable of altruism, certainly, but it is not a game we play willingly, let alone well",erika Johansen

15) "When everyone lives only for self, life doesn't work.","erika Mathews, Promise's Prayer"

16) Pain only disables the weak.,"erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling"

17) "Carlin often said that history was everything, for it was in man’s nature to make the same mistakes over and over.","erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling"

18) I'll govern for the good of the governed.I'll make sure every citizen is properly educated and doctored.I'll cease wasteful spending and ease the burden on the poor through redistribution of land and goods and taxation.,"erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling"

19) "Miss Breland was fairly tall for afemale. She had to be about 5'10."" The black skinny jeans that shewore made her legs even more impossibly lengthened. The jeanswere paired with a soft gray Angora sweater that hugged herpetite frame. Just before she turned to take her seat, she lookedup directly into my eyes, and smiled shyly. She was a beautifulcreature.","erika G. Edwards, The Guardian Chronicles: Guardian"

20) "Why do you have such a nice Bible?” Kelsea asked.“The Bible is a book, Kelsea, a book that has influenced mankind for thousands of years. It deserves to be preserved in a good edition, just like any other important book.”“Do you believe it’s true?”“No.”“Then why did I have to read it?” Kelsea demanded, feeling resentful. It hadn’t been a particularly good book, and it was heavy; she had hauled the damned thing from room to room for days. “What was the point?”“To know your enemy, Kelsea. Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.",erika Johansen

21) "The trouble with cousins, Lizabeth thought, was that they knew all about you, even your allergies.","erika Tamar, Lizabeth's Story"