Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in question. "I can steal anything," Eugenides corrected him, "even with one hand.
Megan Whalen TurnerToday, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King.
Megan Whalen TurnerShe's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower.
Megan Whalen TurnerI would very much like to strangle someone. Why don't you go away until I decide it isn't you?
Megan Whalen Turner