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Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop."

The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it."

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.




Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness."

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you."

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.




Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself."

It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned."

Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you."

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 Quotes: "If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me."

If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule. That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves you, I hope you believe him. At least that's one lie I didn't tell you."

From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule. That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves you, I hope you believe him. At least that's one lie I didn't tell you.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth."

Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "No 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'."

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



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again?"

Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again?




Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King."

Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I'll stop shouting. I won't sit down. I might need to throw more inkpots."

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



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Who am I, that you should love me?"

Who am I, that you should love me?



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in question. "I can steal anything," Eugenides corrected him, "even with one hand."

Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in question. "I can steal anything," Eugenides corrected him, "even with one hand.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Are you badly hurt?" "Hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you."

Are you badly hurt?" "Hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower."

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 Quotes: "Calf love doesn't usually survive amputation, Your Majesty."

Calf love doesn't usually survive amputation, Your Majesty.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her lethium." "She gave it to me first."

You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her lethium." "She gave it to me first.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice."

That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too."

He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie."

I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: ""Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you.""

"Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you."



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I am a master of foolhardy plans, I thought. I have so much practice I consider them professional risks."

I am a master of foolhardy plans, I thought. I have so much practice I consider them professional risks.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back."

I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy."

I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many."

No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one."

I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive."

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "These people make my family look easy to get along with."

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



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit."

He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "The Lord of Rags and Tatters."

The Lord of Rags and Tatters.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me."

No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I knew I would be in the story somewhere," Eugenides interjected. "Oh no," said Phresine, "This was a humble servant." "Ouch." "Though very courageous." "Not me," whispered Eugenides to his pillow."

I knew I would be in the story somewhere," Eugenides interjected. "Oh no," said Phresine, "This was a humble servant." "Ouch." "Though very courageous." "Not me," whispered Eugenides to his pillow.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who'd enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly if you kicked a lot and they could kick you back."

I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who'd enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly if you kicked a lot and they could kick you back.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing."

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Tell me a story then...keep me occupied." "A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?" "Insight," said the king, "Go on."

Tell me a story then...keep me occupied." "A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?" "Insight," said the king, "Go on.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I am very good at groveling."

I am very good at groveling.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine."

I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg."

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 Quotes: "As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head without ceremony. They were too unpleasant to worry over anyway."

As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head without ceremony. They were too unpleasant to worry over anyway.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating chocolates."

...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating chocolates.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "All I wanted to do was lie in the dry grass with my feet in a ditch forever. I could be a convenient sort of milemarker, I thought. Get to the thief and you know you're halfway to Methana."

All I wanted to do was lie in the dry grass with my feet in a ditch forever. I could be a convenient sort of milemarker, I thought. Get to the thief and you know you're halfway to Methana.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Dying would have been so much easier."

Dying would have been so much easier.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "A little danger adds spice to life."

A little danger adds spice to life.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room."

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



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "He couldn't offend the gods with a pointed stick."

He couldn't offend the gods with a pointed stick.



Megan Whalen Turner Quotes: "She was the stone-faced queen, then and ever after. She had needed the mask to rule, and she had been glad to have it. She wondered if Eugenides was glad of his."

She was the stone-faced queen, then and ever after. She had needed the mask to rule, and she had been glad to have it. She wondered if Eugenides was glad of his.