“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.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“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.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“Why did you come if not to murder my king?""I came to steal his magus.""You can't," said the magus in question."I can steal anything," Eugenides corrected him, "even with one hand.”Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of AttoliaSource: The Queen of Attolia
“He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“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?”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“That is ridiculous," she said.The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“… her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth…”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“Tell me a story then… keep me occupied.""A story?… What makes you think I can tell a story?""Insight," said the king, "Go on.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.”Megan Whalen Turner The ThiefSource: The Thief
“I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“That one,"-he nodded toward the closed door-" will rule more than just Attolia before he is done. He is an Annux, a king of kings.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“The queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“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.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King.”Megan Whalen Turner The King of AttoliaSource: The King of Attolia
“As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head without ceremony. They were too unpleasant to worry over anyway.”Megan Whalen Turner The ThiefSource: The Thief