“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“You learn something new everyday."
"What are you learning?" Sophos asked.
"To keep my mouth shut, I hope.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“A thief never makes a noise by accident.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“... I wanted Ambiades to understand that I considered myself a hierarchy of one.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Dying would have been so much easier.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“A little danger adds spice to life.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“I am a master of foolhardy plans.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“I want you to steal something."
I smiled. "Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you."
"If I were you," said the magus, "I'd stop bragging about that." His voice grated.
My smile grew. The gold ring with the engraved ruby had been in his safekeeping when I had stolen it away.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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, quote from The Thief
“Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“The younger one looked to be completely useless.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“They're going to leave me. All I wanted to do was lie in the dry prickly 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 are halfway to Methana. Where ever Methana might be.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“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.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Thank you, thief."
"You're welcome, my queen.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“The Lord of Rags and Tatters.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Welcome,” said the magus. “Would you like some dried beef, some dried beef, or some dried beef for lunch?” “Oh, I’ll take stuffed pigeons in sauce, thank you, and some decent wine to drink. None of that cheap stuff, please.” The magus handed me an almost empty paper package of dried beef and half of a loaf of bread. “Enjoy your meal,” he said.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Let the gods into your life and you rapidly lose faith in the natural laws.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“The Magus must had eyes like a thief because he told Pol to stop and dismount to walk alongside me, one hand resting just above my knee ready to shake me if I fell asleep. He shook hard and resorted to pinching periodically.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“Oh, Lady," said the woodcutter, "my hurt is overwhelming because it is someone else's pain that makes me cry.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“We might someday attain a relationship of mutual respect,” he said softly. First, I thought, I will see gods walking the earth. He went on. “For now I will have your obedience.” His ability to convey a world of threat in so few words was remarkable.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
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“In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Hercule Poirot's Christmas
“A dozen men are shut up together in a little bark upon the wide, wide sea, and for months and months see no forms and hear no voices but their own, and one is taken suddenly from among them, and they miss him at every turn. It is like losing a limb. There are no new faces or new scenes to fill up the gap. There is always an empty berth in the forecastle, and one man wanting when the small night-watch is mustered. There is one less to take the wheel, and one less to lay out with you upon the yard. You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.”
― Richard Henry Dana Jr., quote from Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
“English should not stoop to embrace the lowest common denominator. Rather, society should step up and grant the language the respect it deserves.”
― Terry Fallis, quote from The Best Laid Plans
“You don't dare to think ahead too much, for you don't want this melted under the heat of your attention, don't want it gone from your life.”
― Nikki Gemmell, quote from The Bride Stripped Bare
“It requires a certain kind of mind to see the beauty in a hamburger bun.”
― David Halberstam, quote from The Fifties
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