I 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 unknown slave in the...
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...
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...
To make war you need three things: one, money; two, money; and three, money.
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...
The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was the same view. Costis passed it, and then went back up the stairs to lo...
I lied.
I love stupid plans.
She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower.And? Eddis prompted.Well, said Eugenides, it's a challenge.
I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.
I want my breakfast.
I was captivated. My own hair was easily as long as Olga's, but it frizzed and knotted at every opportunity. When it was combed, it didn't float in perfect fans down to my shoulders.
Will you sit down and stop shouting? she asked. I’ll stop shouting. I won’t sit down. I might need to throw more inkpots.
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...My purse is full enough, said the magus, to keep you suppli...
In the silent aftermath, I said, We'll give them a second chance.With my right hand, I reached to the other pocket. I had known as soon as I lifted the false bottom in the gun case and looked undernea...
I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.
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.
It was a race between the tortoise and the hare, but the tortoise had just enough head start, and he had the magus to drag him along.
If you tease a dog, it bites.
I'm terrified that if they know how much I hate it, they might take it away.
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