This is the stupidest plan I have ever in my career participated in, Xenophon said.I love stupid plans, said Eugenides.
To make war you need three things: one, money; two, money; and three, money.
To you alone, Eldest,the Fates have given unassailable rule.Time alters all things,except this one thing.For you alone,the wind that bellows the sails of rulemakes no shift.
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.
Treachery, said the Mede.Diplomacy, said Attolia, in my own name.
Unable to guess the answer, she asked, 'Who 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 in...
Unkingly, in so many ways, My King.
Upset at the sight of blood? he said. Not my wife, Ornon.Your blood, the ambassador pointed out. Eugenides glanced at the hook in his arm and conceded the point. Yes, he said.
We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the hist...
We are taught to treat a practice sword with all the respect of a real weapon, so no thoughtless mistakes are madeOh... In Eddis, we learn to keep tack of the weapon we have in our hand.
We could make a treaty without a marriage.No, he said.You are sure?Yes, he said.
We do better when we are praised and worse when we feel unappreciated for our work.
We might someday attain a relationship of mutual respect, he said softly. First, I thought, I will see gods walking the earth. He went on. For now I will have your obedience. His ability to convey a w...
We would have died without the additional men, he admitted matter-of-factly. But we would have taken the entire Mede army with us. Poets would have written about us, and songs would have been sung abo...
Where there is no peace, there are no trees.
Welcome, said the magus. Would you like some dried beef, some dried beef, or some dried beef for lunch? Oh, I’ll take stuffed pigeons in sauce, thank you, and some decent wine to drink. None of that c...
What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger.
What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.
What would you do if you were King’s Thief, Gen? Chew with your mouth open in the royal presence? Chat with the court ladies, dropping the h’s at the beginning of your words and garbling the ends of m...
When 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 realize that?Yes, Your Maje...
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