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If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.Megan Whalen Turner
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I didn't think about being king, ” he said, his voice hoarse. Eddis stared. “Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because you didn't think first, Eugenides, will never cease to amaze me. What do you mean you didn't think about being king? Is Attolia going to marry you and move into my library?Megan Whalen Turner
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I'll be your minister--"" Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind."" I would never steal from you, " he'd said hotly." Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?"" That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it."" My earrings?"" What earrings?Megan Whalen Turner
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Are you telling me in your own gentle way to stop whining?"" Yes."" I don't feel like a hero. I feel like an idiot."" I think heroes generally do, but those men believe in you."" I did wait until I was outside before I threw up.Megan Whalen Turner
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He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.Megan Whalen Turner
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That was the message. For me, alone among mortals, the gods send their messenger to tell me to stop whining. That’ll teach me to go hide in a temple.Megan Whalen Turner