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21 " I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one. "
― Megan Whalen Turner , A Conspiracy of Kings (The Queen's Thief, #4)
22 " 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. "
― Megan Whalen Turner , The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #2)
23 " I am a master of foolhardy plans. "
― Megan Whalen Turner , The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)
24 " No 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'. "
― Megan Whalen Turner , The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
25 " The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead in the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day. "
26 " He could tell her he loved her. He ached to shout it out loud for the gods and everyone to hear. Little good it would do. Better to trust in the moon's promises than in the word of the Thief of Eddis. He was famous in three countries for his lies. "
27 " 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. "
28 " Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do with anything important, except perhaps for manipulating fools who mistake honor for its bright, shiny trappings. You can always change the perceptions of fools. "
29 " Calf love doesn't usually survive amputation, Your Majesty. "
30 " I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT! "
31 " ...her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth... "
32 " Safety is an illusion, Costis. A Thief might fall at any time, and eventually the day must come when the god will let him. Whether I am on a rafter three stories up or on a staircase three steps up, I am in my god's hands. He will keep me safe, or he will not, here or on the stairs. "
33 " A thief never makes a noise by accident. "
34 " 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. "
35 " I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie. "
36 " I would very much like to strangle someone. Why don't you go away until I decide it isn't you? "
37 " I love stupid plans. "
38 " Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you. "
39 " I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine. "
40 " Ornon said, "I have seen him jump across atriums four stories above the ground, a distance that would make your blood freeze, and I heard him once confess that he sometimes thinks the distance is beyond him. He always jumps, Your Majesty. The Thieves are not trained in self-preservation. I beg you would take my advice. "