I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up.
Megan Whalen TurnerThere are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal," Eddis said. "So?" "If it's impossible to steal them with two hands, it's no more impossible to steal them with one. Steal peace, Eugenides. Steal me some time.
Megan Whalen TurnerI thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.
Megan Whalen TurnerI think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.
Megan Whalen TurnerI'm sorry, Dite." Dite shrugged away the apology. "You have spared my brother when you could have killed him and you have offered me escape from the cesspit of my family and this court. You know what it means to me, to make music in the court of Ferria. You've put a purse and an impossible dream in my hand. I don't know why you should apologize." "Because I am exiling you, Dite. I intend to raze your patrimony and salt its earth. You emphatically do not need to thank me.
Megan Whalen Turner