236 Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner

Weak kings who lost their tempers were notoriously destructive.

Let the gods into your life and you rapidly lose faith in the natural laws.

Calf love doesn’t usually survive amputation, Your Majesty.

They are all accepted,” I said. It wasn’t important anymore.

He couldn’t offend the gods with a pointed stick.

I think a good book is a good book forever. I don’t think they get less good because times change.

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.

But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?

Surely it is counterproductive to expect sense from someone you are beating senseless.