After one moment of gripped immobility, the queen bent to kiss the king lightly on one closed eyelid, then on the other.… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I was listening," the king said, aggrieved. "I closed my eyes to listen better." "What did you hear?" "I'm not sure," he… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Ornon said, "I have seen him jump across atriums four stories above the ground, a distance that would make your blood freeze,… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“You will make the boy Thief king?" he said. "When you could have had me?" Attolia allowed a slight smile. "A fine… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Everything I said he agreed with, which was trying, and his flute playing would make the deaf wince, but I think the… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Why didn't you tell me to take Attolia's advice from the beginning?" "I thought you should figure it out. What you learn… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
The gossip will carry to Attolian spies, who will report to Relius, Attolia's master of spies, and he will carry the news… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I'll be your minister--" "Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind." "I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly. "Oh? Where… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
When we opened the doors, we saw that the entire room was scorched black and you were on the floor possibly dead,… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I didn't think about being king,” he said, his voice hoarse. Eddis stared. “Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
He looked at their shabby clothes in puzzlement. “We were traveling anonymously for safety—” explained the magus. “But surely—” “—and then we… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
No," he said. "Relius was right and I was wrong. You are My Queen. Even though you cut my head from my… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal," Eddis said. "So?" "If it's impossible to steal them… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Who am I, that you should love me?" "You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I want you to steal something." I smiled. "Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you." "If I… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
It isn't deep," the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
She reached out and touched the king’s face, cupping his cheek in her hand. “Just a nightmare,” he said, his voice still… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Ridiculous to think what indignities I would suffer in silence, if I knew that I was to be rewarded with an oversize… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. “Not exactly stalwart, are you?” he said.” — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“The magus said thoughtfully, "That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
