236 Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner

Eddis stared at him for a long time, knowing that forgiving someone because you have to is not forgiving him at all.

And she had the most appealing of feminine virtues, especially in a queen. She’s easily led.

Don’t match your weakness against your opponent’s strength.

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.

Do not offend one power to attain the favor of another.

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

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.

Rae Carson’s heroine is a perfect blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary. I loved her.

When a messenger on a lathered horse comes to the city, he draws the eye of every person in the road. They see his direction. As he turns up the streets toward the palace, Rumor, who is born in a moment, is full-grown the next. She begins to move through the town, trailing ever more elaborate finery behind her.