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costis looked at the king. eugenides put one eyebrow up.

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“you have any mistresses, and i’ll cut your other hand off,” attolia snapped.

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“why can’t you act like a proper king?” costis hissed in his ear.

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[attolia] dropped her eyes in a mocking imitation of demurral and said, “you’ve always been kind to me.”

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“they have seen me in my nightshirt.” he looked down at his sleeve, embroidered in white flowers. “not in your nightshirt, though.”

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“i love you.” and she believed him.

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“The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and a groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead against the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day.”

—The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner

“Attolia, oh my goodness, a big yes. Unashamedly. When I was planning Finnikin in my head, I wanted Evanjalin to do something pretty awful for plot and characterization reasons, but didn’t want to go there because I thought no one would like her. I didn’t want to alienate the reader. And then I read The Queen of Attolia and everyone who’s read that book knows exactly what scene I’m talking about and it unleashed something brave in me. Also, Megan Whalen Turner has this ability to create intricate passionate and tension-filled relationships between the younger characters and their elders, for example Gen and Relius and even the Magus. So the relationship between Finnikin and Sir Topher or Froi and the Priestking and Gargarin and Arjuro are very much inspired by The Queen’s Thief series.”

—Melina Marchetta | Did you draw inspiration from The Queen’s Thief series when you were starting the Lumatere Chronicles? [x]

“He had forgotten, as he always forgot, how beautiful she was. Her hair was held away from her face by the ruby and gold headband that crossed her forehead just above her dark brows. Her skin was flawless and so fair as to be translucent. She was dressed as always in imitation of Hephestia, but it was far easier to imagine the impersonal cruelty of the Great Goddess than to see cruelty in the face of the queen of Attolia. Looking at her, Eugenides smiled. Attolia saw his smile, without any hint of self-effacement or flattery or opportunism, a smile wholly unlike that of any member of her court, and she hit him across the face with her open hand.”

—Megan Whalen Turner, Queen’s Thief
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