236 Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner

The king’s attendants remained, digesting the fact that their helpless, inept king had promised his wife to destroy the house of Erondites in six months and had done it in ninety-eight days.

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.

Even before I recognized him, I smiled politely. Well trained, I would have smiled so at my executioner.

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.

Not everything that is easy for you is easy for the rest of us. Why don’t you go away, Dionis?

To make war you need three things: one, money; two, money; and three, money.

Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. “Not exactly stalwart, are you?” he said.

The Thieves of Eddis don’t have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder.

I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who’d enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly if you kicked a lot and they could kick you back.