But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.
Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.
He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.
It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.
Lilies, I rule, heads, you do, he [the King] said, and threw the coin into the air.Lilies, you rule, heads, you throw again, said Attolia.The coin dropped. Eugenides looked at it and then showed it to...
I want you to steal something.I smiled. Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you.If I were you, said the magus, I'd stop bragging about that. His voice grated.My smile grew. The gold ring wit...
Costis flinched and looked away from this compensation to the king's handicap, only to find himself looking into the king's face instead. Eugenides matched Costis look for look, his expression grave,...
From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule, he whispered. That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves you, I hope you believe him.He anticipated her blow and leaned...
When I am actually willing to marry you, I will wear your earrings. Don't wait for it, Thief.
Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. Not exactly stalwart, are you? he said.
Of course the servants had chosen not to follow me; I’d failed them already by refusing to be a man they could believe in.
I do believe that Akretenesh saw no differences between a woman who was a queen and one who was a seamstress, though he would recognize all the differences in the world between a prince and a farmer.
In the evening, after we dance, he rarely returns to the throne; he dances with others or he moves from place to place through the room. The court thinks he is trying to be gracious, sharing his atten...
I am so sick of people who all seem to be smarter than I am and know more than I do. I wanna go back to the farm. These people make my family look easy to get along with.
My gift is that I always know when I’ve made an ass of myself.
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.
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.
That 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 thought my life had been fi...
I 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 on your foot as look a...
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