Attolia's Quotes

Who am I, that you should love me? — Megan Whalen Turner

Will there be poppy juice in it?"
Phresine shook her head.
"Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned. — Megan Whalen Turner

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

Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again? — Megan Whalen Turner

It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself. — Megan Whalen Turner

Attolia had brushed Eugenides's cheek almost shyly before sending him with a wave back to his own couch. — Megan Whalen Turner

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you. — Megan Whalen Turner

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

Because you do not believe?"
"Oh, no," said Attolia bitterly. "Because I believe and do not choose to worship. — Megan Whalen Turner

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. — Megan Whalen Turner

This is the stupidest plan I have ever in my career participated in," Xenophon said.
"I love stupid plans," said Eugenides. — Megan Whalen Turner

No 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'. — Megan Whalen Turner

Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room. — Megan Whalen Turner

A little danger adds spice to life. — Megan Whalen Turner

Treachery," said the Mede.
"Diplomacy," said Attolia, "in my own name. — Megan Whalen Turner

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

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