Megan Whalen Turner quotes - page 2

I hate horses. I know people who think that they are noble, graceful animals, but regardless of what a horse looks like from a distance, never forget that it's as likely to step on your foot as look at you. (Megan Whalen Turner)
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. View quote
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These people make my family look easy to get along with. View quote
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A little danger adds spice to life. View quote
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Costis bowed stiffly. "I am here to make sure that you stay in bed, Your Majesty, because if this offends you and you order me summarily executed, it is no loss. Politically speaking. View quote
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And the Earth had no name. The gods know themselves and have no need of names. It is man who names all things, even gods. View quote
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So Sophos thinks you're going to marry me." "While I think you'll marry Sophos." "I might. We'll see what he's like when he grows up. View quote
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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 historians and the gods to judge. View quote
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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 Majesty," he said meekly. View quote
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Ah," said the magus, understanding at once. "I see that he means to be prepared if he meets him again." "Surely that's unlikely," said Sounis. "I don't think unlikely means to him what it does to the rest of us," said the magus. View quote
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I am very good at groveling. (Megan Whalen Turner)
Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority. View quote
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Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room. View quote
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One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war. View quote
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What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger. View quote
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All of my own impulses to balance and move seemed to conflict with those of the guards, and I was jerked and jostled down the portico, just as graceful as a sick cat. View quote
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Is that what the wine is for? To help you think?" "Oh, the wine. The wine, Costis, is to help hide the truth. It doesn't work. It never has, but I try it every once in a while just in case something in the nature of the wine might have changed. View quote
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Eddis looked at her minister, curious. "Your head?” she asked. Attolia explained. "He had to be forcibly dissuaded from strangling his son.” "So have we all from time to time,” Eddis said seriously. View quote
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He couldn't offend the gods with a pointed stick. View quote
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I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception. View quote
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She was the stone-faced queen, then and ever after. She had needed the mask to rule, and she had been glad to have it. She wondered if Eugenides was glad of his. (Megan Whalen Turner)
Were you lying?" "I never lie," he said piously. "About what?" "The sand, the snake." For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly unoffended by the question. View quote
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That one,"-he nodded toward the closed door-" will rule more than just Attolia before he is done. He is an Annux, a king of kings. View quote
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The younger one looked to be completely useless. View quote
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The queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare. View quote
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