“Elsie eyed him puzzledly, and then offered, "Would you like to see my plate?” — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“The crew were all of them inclined to cough and sneeze, the boys particularly, and Keynes said, "We ought put them all in the… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“For his part, Temeraire had been following this exchange with cocked head and increasing confusion; now he said, "I do not understand in the… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“Elsie eyed him puzzledly, and then offered, "Would you like to see my plate?” — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
Temeraire-- Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“One man can go where a group cannot, and manage on very little, particularly a rough adventurer such as he. More the point, he… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“It was all right when I did it,” I said, “but when you did it, it was wrong. As though—you were following a trail,… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“But I realized now that without quite thinking it through, I'd half-imagined myself a place here in the tower. My little room upstairs, a… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back,” Temeraire said.” — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“I do not know that the Chinese system is any worse; there is a limit to the evil one despot alone can do, and… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“Those men want to take Laurence from me, and put him in prison, and execute him, and I will not let them, ever, and… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on. — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“I think we must only a few of us go," Laurence said, low. "I will take a few volunteers - " "Oh, the devil… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“I know i'm making her sound like something out of a story. But it was the other way around. When my mother told me… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
