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The Thief

The Thief
Megan Whalen Turner

The Thief is a young adult fantasy novel by Megan Whalen Turner published in 1996 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of William Morrow . It is the first in the Queen's Thief series, the fifth book of which was published in 2017.It was a runner-up for the 1997 Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor Book.In 2012, The Thief was ranked number 13 among the Top 100 Chapter Books in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with a primarily U.S. audience.

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

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

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“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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“The younger one looked to be completely useless.”

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“A little danger adds spice to life.”

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“All I wanted to do was lie in the dry grass with my feet in a ditch forever. I could be a convenient sort of milemarker, I thought. Get to the thief and you know you're halfway to Methana.”

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“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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“A thief never makes a noise by accident.”

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“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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“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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“All of my own impulses to balance and move seemed to conflict with those of the guards, and I was jerked and jostled down the portico, just as graceful as a sick cat.”

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“Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.”

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“Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.”

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“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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“I am a master of foolhardy plans.”

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“Dying would have been so much easier.”

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“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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“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.”

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