Quotes by Megan Whalen Turner

He didnt marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

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.

I am not sure I trust you.You can trust me with your life, My King.But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.

I didnt think about being king,” he said, his voice hoarse.Eddis stared. “Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because you didnt think first, Eugenides, will never cease to amaze me. What do you mean you didnt think about being king? Is Attolia going to marry you and move into my library?

I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.

Would you like to hear more romance of the evening? He told me that the Guard should be reduced by half, and I threw an ink jar at his head.Is that when he cried?He ducked, Attolia said dryly.Grown more confident of the queens humor, Relius said, I had not pictured you for a fishwife.Lo, the transforming power of love.

Mother why does the River not riseIt is not the Rivers timeWhy does the seed not sproutIt is not the seeds timeWhy does the rain not fallthe leaf not unfurl itselfWhere is the hind and why does she not graze the fields before usit is not their timeThe River knows its timeThe seed knows its time The rain the leaf and the hindThey know their timeThe River will rise the seed will sproutThe rains come down and the leaves unfurlThe hind will bring her children to graze before usAll in their time

I think a good book is a good book forever.I dont think they get less good because times change.

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say We eat the chicken now! but the magus had seen that I was considering it...My purse is full enough, said the magus, to keep you supplied with roast chickens.So, so, so, I said. We know who the power behind the throne is, and the magus laughed.You eat more than Gen did after prison, he said.I have more sympathy with him all the time. Are you going to finish that drumstick? I asked.I am. Stop staring at it.

The Attolians liked to point out with a snicker that there was no sign anywhere of the kings hand at work.

Ill be your minister--Of the exchequer? Youd rob me blind.I would never steal from you, hed said hotly.Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it.My earrings?What earrings?

These people make my family look easy to get along with.

Sometimes, if you want to change a mans mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first.

It isnt an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you dont know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.

Oh, Lady, said the woodcutter, my hurt is overwhelming because it is someone elses pain that makes me cry.

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

... I wanted Ambiades to understand that I considered myself a hierarchy of one.

No friend had I made there, but I wasnt with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. Ive found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.

The Lord of Rags and Tatters.