It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Irene-" "Don't call me that." "You were the princess Irene the first time we met." "It means 'peace'," Attolia said. "What name… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“Eddis looked around as if recalling a question that had nagged at her for several hours. "Where's Eugenides?" she asked. For a… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
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
The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“Eddis looked at her minister, curious. “Your head?” she asked. Attolia explained. “He had to be forcibly dissuaded from strangling his son.”… — 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
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
“Mother why does the River not rise It is not the River's time Why does the seed not sprout It is not… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Safety is an illusion, Costis. A Thief might fall at any time, and eventually the day must come when the god will… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Costis followed, telling himself that it wasn't true that he and the king and even the stone under their feet were nothing… — 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
