Megan Whalen TurnerThe king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and w… ▶361Reading
Megan Whalen TurnerNo 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'.351Truth
Megan Whalen TurnerI wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy. ✨ Megan Whalen Turner (2010). A Conspiracy of Kings, Greenwillow351Humanity
Megan Whalen TurnerWho am I, that you should love me? ✨ The Queen of Attolia. Book by Megan Whalen Turner, 2000.351LoveReading
Megan Whalen TurnerI 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.363Sadness
Megan Whalen TurnerWere you lying? I never lie, he said piously. About what? The sand, the snake. For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly unoffended by the question.352Humor
Megan Whalen TurnerI 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. ✨ A Conspiracy of Kings. Book by … ▶352ReadingReflection
Megan Whalen TurnerSounis had been thinking of Ambiades. He would have been a better man under different circumstances. Gen looked at him. True enough, he said. But does a good man let his circumsta… ▶363ThoughtTruth
Megan Whalen TurnerWhen we opened the doors, we saw that the entire room was scorched black and you were on the floor possibly dead, surrounded by broken glass. Window glass is expensive, you realiz… ▶341Death
Megan Whalen TurnerStaring at the wall opposite him he presented the queen with a view of his ear and awaited her orders.364Time
Megan Whalen TurnerI know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one. ✨ Megan Whalen Turner (2010). A Conspiracy of Kings, Greenwillow375Love
Megan Whalen TurnerThat prison, I said with heartfelt sincerity, Was absolutely the most awful thing that has happened to me in my entire life. I could tell by the way he looked at me that he though… ▶354LifeLoveThought
Megan Whalen TurnerWhat kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?376Death
Megan Whalen TurnerI cut off your hand. I have been living with your grief and your rage and your pain ever since. I don't think-I don't think I had felt anything for a long time before that, but th… ▶343LifeLoveSadness
Megan Whalen TurnerWhy 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.333Truth
Megan Whalen TurnerI'm dying of boredom. Or maybe just dying.333Death
Megan Whalen TurnerThese people make my family look easy to get along with.322Humanity
Megan Whalen TurnerWould you have your hand back, Eugenides? And lose Attolia? And see Attolia lost to the Mede?' Eugenides's eyes were open. In front of his face the floor was littered with tiny bi… ▶311Politics
Megan Whalen TurnerWho am I, that you should love me? You are My Queen, said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without moving as his words dropped like water into dry earth. Do you … ▶345LoveReading
Megan Whalen TurnerI was listening, the king said, aggrieved. I closed my eyes to listen better. What did you hear? I'm not sure, he said. That's why I was listening so closely. I may have to ask th… ▶334Hope
Megan Whalen TurnerTell me a story then...keep me occupied. A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story? Insight, said the king, Go on.334Thought
Megan Whalen TurnerI hate horses. I know people who think that they are noble, graceful animals, but regardless of what a horse looks like from a distance, never forget that it's as likely to step o… ▶345HumanityThought
Megan Whalen TurnerHe lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too. ✨ The Queen of Attolia (Queen's Thief, Book 2). Book by Megan Whalen Turner, April 2000.312Reading
Megan Whalen TurnerI'll be your minister-- Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind. I would never steal from you, he'd said hotly. Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings? Th… ▶334Reading
Megan Whalen TurnerHe waved at his attendants. I dragged them like a ball and chain all the way across the palace and back. If sterner measures are called for, we can find a larger ball and chain. T… ▶323Sadness
Megan Whalen TurnerNo 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.379Politics
Megan Whalen TurnerBefore you make a decision, he said, I want you to know that I love you. ✨ The Queen of Attolia. Book by Megan Whalen Turner, 2000.335LoveReading
Megan Whalen TurnerI grieved, but a part of me felt a lightening of a burden that I had carried all my life: that I could never be worthy of them, that I would always disappoint or fail them. As an … ▶291Life
Megan Whalen TurnerWho was the Thief that she would love him? A youth, just a boy with hardly a beard and no sense at all... A liar, she thought, an enemy, a threat. He was brave, a voice inside her… ▶357DeathLoveThought
Megan Whalen TurnerI'm sorry, Dite. Dite shrugged away the apology. You have spared my brother when you could have killed him and you have offered me escape from the cesspit of my family and this co… ▶291Hope
