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A thief never makes a noise by accident.
Megan Whalen Turner
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Megan Whalen Turner
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
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I'm dying of boredom. Or maybe just dying.
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Who am I, that you should love me? You are My Queen, said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without moving as his words dropped like water into dry earth. Do you believe me? he asked. Yes, she answered. Do you love me? Yes. I love you. And she believed him.
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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.
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I'll stop shouting. I won't sit down. I might need to throw more inkpots.
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He couldn't offend the gods with a pointed stick.
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The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.
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I was listening, the king said, aggrieved. I closed my eyes to listen better. What did you hear? I'm not sure, he said. That's why I was listening so closely. I may have to ask the baron to repeat some parts of his report on his grain tax. I am sure you can arrange an appointment. I am sure I can too.
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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.
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Would you have your hand back, Eugenides? And lose Attolia? And see Attolia lost to the Mede?' Eugenides's eyes were open. In front of his face the floor was littered with tiny bits of glass that glittered in the candlelight. 'You have your answer, Little Thief.
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It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.
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I want you to steal something. I smiled. Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you. If I were you, said the magus, I'd stop bragging about that. His voice grated. My smile grew. The gold ring with the engraved ruby had been in his safekeeping when I had stolen it away.
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Then come out, said the king, helping him, knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.
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I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.
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Are you badly hurt? Hideously, said the king, without sounding injured at all. I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you.
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I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up.
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If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.
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Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.
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This is the stupidest plan I have ever in my career participated in, Xenophon said. I love stupid plans, said Eugenides.
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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.
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A little danger adds spice to life.
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