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...
Your Majesty, you just- Costis stopped.Just what? the king prompted wickedly.Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had almost fallen from the palace wall and that Costis had seen h...
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.
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’ll stop shouting. I won’t sit down. I might need to throw more inkpots.
She is not so secure on her throne that she can risk offending her people's gods. No woman can be.
Keeping a private guard this large is like using a wolf to guard the farm. It may keep off the other wolves, but sooner or later it will eat you.
Kings don’t move mountains as a favor to a friend,
Least said, soonest mended.
That was the message. For me, alone among mortals, the gods send their messenger to tell me to stop whining. That’ll teach me to go hide in a temple.
Mother why does the River not riseIt is not the River's timeWhy does the seed not sproutIt is not the seed's timeWhy does the rain not fallthe leaf not unfurl itselfWhere is the hind and why does she...
Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying.Green wood, I suggested, but even he sensed that there was something unfortunat...
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.
My gift is that I always know when I’ve made an ass of myself.
On the bed, Eugenides stirred restlessly. Upset at the sight of blood? he said. Not my wife, Ornon.Your blood, the ambassador pointed out.Eugenides glanced at the hook on his arm and conceded the poin...
The Lord of Rags and Tatters.
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.
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...
The flat top of the hill was scattered with the bodies of dead men in the uniforms of Sounis and Eddis. The outposts of both armies had met here. As I stood staring, I thought, These are my dead. All...
Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.
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