Megan Whalen Turner

“He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.”

“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.”

“I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.”

“Ruang perpustakaan tidak pernah cukup untuk menyimpan buku yang tidak pernah dibaca, jadi pustakawan memeriksa catatannya setiap saat dan menarik buku-buku yang tidak lagi dibaca orang. Kau bisa menyelamatkan buku hanya dengan membacanya. Tentu saja, kau mungkin tidak menyukainya. Tapi kau tidak per...”

“I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.”

“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?”