Rosalee

“As a ten-year-old boy, the Thief of Eddis could stop a grown man in his tracks with a single look. Where had that look gone?”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“Were you lying?"
"I never lie," he said piously. "About what?"
"The sand, the snake."
For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly unoffended by the question.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“The queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia