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Them Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner
- There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal," Eddis said. "So?" "If it's impossible to steal them with two hands,…
- My beautiful queen. Your entire court is staring at you, and I can't blame them." They were, too. The queen turned to look. Her glance…
- He waved at his attendants. "I dragged them like a ball and chain all the way across the palace and back." "If sterner measures are…
- She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. "The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus. There is the…
- If I couldn't be Eddis, I would be Attolia. If they needed to see my uncle in me, then I would show him to them.…
- If you are feeling more yourself, there is a problem best addressed immediately," said the queen. "In my nightshirt?" The king wriggled, as ever, out…
- The room was quiet, the others flicking glances at me. I ignored them. After years in Sounis's palaces being eyed with disgust by my uncle…
- 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.
- I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It was disconcerting to…
- The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was the same view.…
- I grieved, but a part of me felt a lightening of a burden that I had carried all my life: that I could never be…
- I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.
- He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all the way across…
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