We could make a treaty without a marriage.No, he said.You are sure?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...
The pain was as unexpected as a thunderclap in a clear sky. Eddis's chest tightened, as something closed around her heart. A deep breath might have calmed her, but she couldn't draw one. She wondered...
It isn't deep, the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical and mildly disappointed. Eugenides didn't miss a beat.It is...too...deep! he...
If the king could make a throne seem like a stool fit for a printer's apprentice, the queen could make a rumpled bedspread into a throne.
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...
Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. Not exactly stalwart, are you? he said.
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.
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.
I think a good book is a good book forever.I don't think they get less good because times change.
Your Majesty, what I am saying is that I have never seen him driven, and rarely led either. However, if you were to twist him around your finger and could conceivably grind him under your heel in the...
Treachery, said the Mede.Diplomacy, said Attolia, in my own name.
If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.
If I was going to climb onto an animal eight times my size, I wanted to plan the attempt first.
I'm terrified that if they know how much I hate it, they might take it away.
I inherited this country when I was only a child, Nahuseresh. I have held it. I have fought down rebellious barons. I've fought Sounis to keep the land on this side of the mountains. I have killed men...
You're awake, he said.Phresine is not, pointed out the queen.Oh?You gave her lethium.She gave it to me first.
The Thieves of Eddis don't have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder.
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...
Thank you, thief.You're welcome, my queen.