Quotes from Megan Whalen Turner

Were you lying?" "I never lie," he said piously. "About what?" "The sand, the snake." For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly unoffended by the question.

And the Earth had no name. The gods know themselves and have no need of names. It is man who names all things, even gods.

Where are my guards, Teleus?" He was still speaking softly. Three men dead and he wasn't even breathing hard, Costis noted.

As a ten-year-old boy, the Thief of Eddis could stop a grown man in his tracks with a single look. Where had that look gone?

...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating chocolates.

What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?

Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.

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

I am very good at groveling.

From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule. That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves you, I hope you believe him. At least that's one lie I didn't tell you.

One of us might be assassinated and then my heir will be king. Don't give up hope just because chances are slim." "For the assassination or the heir, your majesty?

We are taught to treat a practice sword with all the respect of a real weapon, so no thoughtless mistakes are made" "Oh... In Eddis, we learn to keep tack of the weapon we have in our hand.

You learn something new everyday." "What are you learning?" Sophos asked. "To keep my mouth shut, I hope.

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.

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.

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

A little danger adds spice to life.

The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and the king's eyes narrowed while the prison keeper's widened.

Who am I, that you should love me?

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

That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.

I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT!

A thief never makes a noise by accident.