Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances." Gen looked at him. "True enough,"… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Ah," said the magus, understanding at once. "I see that he means to be prepared if he meets him again." "Surely that's… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Tell me a story then...keep me occupied." "A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?" "Insight," said the king, "Go… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I hate horses. I know people who think that they are noble, graceful animals, but regardless of what a horse looks like… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our… — 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
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
She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. "The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus.… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Your Majesty, please get down. My friend Aris is really a very good man, and if you fall off that wall he's… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
He loves me, and I reward his love by forcing on him something he hates. In the evening, after we dance, he… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It… — 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
So Sophos thinks you're going to marry me." "While I think you'll marry Sophos." "I might. We'll see what he's like when… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
How do you know that, Philo, dear?" But Philologos had had enough of being condescended to. "Because, Lamion, I am not as… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I cut off your hand. I have been living with your grief and your rage and your pain ever since. I don't… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Is that what the wine is for? To help you think?" "Oh, the wine. The wine, Costis, is to help hide the… — 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
