Oh gods, stairs.

“Kings don’t move mountains as a favor to a friend,”

— Megan Whalen Turner

Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.

— Megan Whalen Turner

Your Majesty, you just-" Costis stopped. "Just what?" the king prompted wickedly. Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had…

— Megan Whalen Turner

I woke with a terrible headache and wobbled around 'till I fell out the window." "You what?" "Fell out the window. That one over…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“He looked at her and tilted his head very slightly in wonder. He had forgotten, as he always forgot, how beautiful she was. Her…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Calf love doesn't usually survive amputation, Your Majesty.

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“Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. “Not exactly stalwart, are you?” he said.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

“The magus said thoughtfully, "That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with…

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The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a…

— Megan Whalen Turner

What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.

— Megan Whalen Turner

One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war.

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“It might have been preferable," Eddis admitted, dryly, "if you had thrown off your chains of bondage solely for love of me. It would…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head,…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to…

— Megan Whalen Turner

What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger.

— Megan Whalen Turner