Megan Whalen Turner Quotes

She is not so secure on her throne that she can risk offending her people's gods. No woman can be.

Did you send Attolia to me at the farewell? Eddis asked.Not I, said Gen quietly. The magus. I thought you knew that you loved him - the two of you have been like magnets drawing ever nearer to each ot...

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Megan Whalen Turner (born November 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for young adults. She is best known for her novel The Thief and its five sequels. In 1997, The Thief was named a Newbery Honor book.

There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal, Eddis said.So?If it's impossible to steal them with two hands, it's no more impossible to steal them with one. Steal peace, Eugenides....

He looked gravely at the king. 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. But no matter, Your Majesty. You...

I 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.

I knew I would be in the story somewhere, Eugenides interjected.Oh no, said Phresine, This was a humble servant.Ouch.Though very courageous.Not me, whispered Eugenides to his pillow.

Pol knew, said Sophos from the window.

That won’t be necessary, said the magus coolly. No one would mistake you for anything but a tool, Gen. If a sword is well made, does the credit go to the blacksmith or to his hammer? How much smarter...

I want my breakfast.

You are treasure beyond any price.

If these were death agonies, they were fake ones, Costis thought, and was sure of it when they reached the shallow stair at the far end of the reflecting pool. No one on the verge of death has the str...

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.

It might have been preferable, Eddis admitted, dryly, if you had thrown off your chains of bondage solely for love of me. It would certainly have been more flattering. Standing so near to him, she was...

Wrong arm, dear.

Perhaps you can bring out better in them?Eugenides shook his head. I pulled the carpet out from under them very thoroughly. They will not cross me, but they won't love me, either. I am not Eddis. Peop...

Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.

Speaking of the king to the queen--He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

Even before I recognized him, I smiled politely. Well trained, I would have smiled so at my executioner.

Relius looked away. He said that you...cried, he said softly.But not that he cried as well, said the queen, amused at the memory. We were very lachrymose... would you like to hear more romance of the...

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.