Quotes from book
A Conspiracy of Kings

A Conspiracy of Kings is a young adult fantasy novel by Megan Whalen Turner, published by the Greenwillow Books imprint of HarperCollins in 2010. It is the fourth novel in the Queen's Thief series that Turner inaugurated with The Thief in 1996.The first five chapters were released on the Harper Collins Children's Books site for previewing purposes.The trade paper edition of August 2011 appends to the novel an original Queen's Thief short story, "Destruction", and several nonfiction items.

“I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one.”
Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

“In the shocked aftermath, I said, "We'll give them a second chance."”
With my right hand, I reached to the other pocket. I had known as soon as I lifted the false bottom of the gun case and looked underneath what it meant. I had tried without ceasing to find some alternative to Attolia's ruthless advice, and I had failed. Gen's fit reassured me that iI had not failed for lack of trying. He had seen no other solution himself.
I lifted out the matching gun and read the archaic inscription. Realisa onum. Not "The queen made me," but "I make the king."
A Conspiracy of Kings

“In my experience, the more you know of the gods, the more you know what you cannot understand.”
Eddis
A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)