Gurlean

“Kelsea saw now that there was something far worse than being ugly: being ugly and thinking you were beautiful.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

“Happiness is bliss - but ignorance is anesthetic, and in the face of what's to come, that may be all we can hope for our ill-fated acquaintances.”
― William Ritter, Jackaby

“Carlin always said that most men were dogs, and Kelsea had never taken her seriously; there were too many good books written by men.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

“illusions, so many masks and facades. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.”
― William Ritter, Jackaby