Megan Whalen Turner citations (95 citations, Page 2)

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Megan Whalen Turner: Citations en anglais

“I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

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

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“I love stupid plans.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“It isn't deep," the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical and mildly disappointed. Eugenides didn't miss a beat.
"It is… too… deep!" he insisted, outraged.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“I would very much like to strangle someone. Why don't you go away until I decide it isn't you?”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?”

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Megan Whalen Turner

“Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“That prison," I said with heartfelt sincerity, "Was absolutely the most awful thing that has happened to me in my entire life." I could tell by the way he looked at me that he thought my life had been filled with one awful thing after another.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“Dying would have been so much easier.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“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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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“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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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

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

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“A little danger adds spice to life.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn't force me to enter her service.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“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.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“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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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“She pulled the bedclothes up as far as they would go and suppressed a perverse wish to have her old nurse come to chase away the darkness, perverse because she didn't know if she wanted the shadows to be empty or not.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“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.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“I am a master of foolhardy plans.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“So Sophos thinks you're going to marry me."
"While I think you'll marry Sophos."
"I might. We'll see what he's like when he grows up.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“Because not wanting the prize the gods have arranged for you - that just might offend the hell right out of them.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge.”

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Megan Whalen Turner livre A Conspiracy of Kings

Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

“When we opened the doors, we saw that the entire room was scorched black and you were on the floor possibly dead, surrounded by broken glass. Window glass is expensive, you realize that?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," he said meekly.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“Ah," said the magus, understanding at once. "I see that he means to be prepared if he meets him again."
"Surely that's unlikely," said Sounis.
"I don't think unlikely means to him what it does to the rest of us," said the magus.”

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Megan Whalen Turner livre A Conspiracy of Kings

Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

“I am very good at groveling.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

Source: The Queen of Attolia

“Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

“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.”

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Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

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