Megan Whalen Turner

She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower." "And?"…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“The two soldiers laughed, and even the king smiled. Reinforcing Costis's suspicion that Eugenides had been responsible for Ornon's lost sheep, Boagus…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Staring at the wall opposite him he presented the queen with a view of his ear and awaited her orders.

— Megan Whalen Turner

These people make my family look easy to get along with.

— Megan Whalen Turner

“Attolia had brushed Eugenides’s cheek almost shyly before sending him with a wave back to his own couch.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

I'll stop shouting. I won't sit down. I might need to throw more inkpots.

— Megan Whalen Turner

“He wondered how the Attolians thought Eugenides had managed to become king if he was the idiot they assumed him to be.…

— Megan Whalen Turner

On the bed, Eugenides stirred restlessly. "Upset at the sight of blood?" he said. "Not my wife, Ornon." "Your blood," the ambassador…

— Megan Whalen Turner

All my life they had made choices for me, and I had resented it. Now the choice was mine, and once it…

— Megan Whalen Turner

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

— Megan Whalen Turner

“They're going to leave me. All I wanted to do was lie in the dry prickly grass with my feet in a…

— Megan Whalen Turner

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

— Megan Whalen Turner

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

Finally I went and found my hat and skewered it on my head with a four-inch hat pin. I wore the hat…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“In the evening, after we dance, he rarely returns to the throne; he dances with others or he moves from place to…

— Megan Whalen Turner

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

-You know-- Eddis hesitated, not sure how far to push the Attolian Queen. -Go on. Attolia inclined her head. -I was going…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“Damn him, damn him, damn him.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“I inherited this country when I was only a child, Nahuseresh. I have held it. I have fought down rebellious barons. I've…

— Megan Whalen Turner

You have to believe him, because he's going to have your entire palace up in arms and your court in chaos and…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“My gift is that I always know when I’ve made an ass of myself.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

No 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'.

— Megan Whalen Turner

“The flat top of the hill was scattered with the bodies of dead men in the uniforms of Sounis and Eddis. The…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“The Attolian king obviously had a deep well of spite and I would've appreciated his low cunning more if I hadn't thought…

— Megan Whalen Turner