Kings Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner

The queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.

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

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Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.

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He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

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I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously.…

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In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear…

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One of us might be assassinated and then my heir will be king. Don't give up hope just because chances are slim."…

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That one,"-he nodded toward the closed door-" will rule more than just Attolia before he is done. He is an Annux, a…

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I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.

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Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.

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...her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth...

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Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to…

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I want you to steal something." I smiled. "Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you." "If I…

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My beautiful queen. Your entire court is staring at you, and I can't blame them." They were, too. The queen turned to…

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He looked gravely at the king. "It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when…

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Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has…

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I was listening," the king said, aggrieved. "I closed my eyes to listen better." "What did you hear?" "I'm not sure," he…

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He looked at their shabby clothes in puzzlement. “We were traveling anonymously for safety—” explained the magus. “But surely—” “—and then we…

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...I asked Ochto what in the name of all that was sacred he thought he was doing. "Helping you," said Dirnes. "Why?"…

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If you are feeling more yourself, there is a problem best addressed immediately," said the queen. "In my nightshirt?" The king wriggled,…

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She reached out and touched the king’s face, cupping his cheek in her hand. “Just a nightmare,” he said, his voice still…

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The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was…

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He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all…

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“You will make the boy Thief king?" he said. "When you could have had me?" Attolia allowed a slight smile. "A fine…

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He loves me, and I reward his love by forcing on him something he hates. In the evening, after we dance, he…

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After one moment of gripped immobility, the queen bent to kiss the king lightly on one closed eyelid, then on the other.…

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Your Majesty, please get down. My friend Aris is really a very good man, and if you fall off that wall he's…

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You didn't know I could do that, did you?" he asked, conversationally. "I did not, Your Majesty," Teleus gasped. "My grandfather killed…

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Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in…

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Tell me a story then...keep me occupied." "A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?" "Insight," said the king, "Go…

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As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out…

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Are you badly hurt?" "Hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant…

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That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.

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The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and…

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I didn't think about being king,” he said, his voice hoarse. Eddis stared. “Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because…

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Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be…

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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…

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

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Costis followed, telling himself that it wasn't true that he and the king and even the stone under their feet were nothing…

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