Chris

“Nahuseresh tells me I am not king. We'll see if he really prefers the Thief.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

“We have a saying in my country that a beautiful woman deserves love." (...)
"Ugly women do not?" asked the queen as if genuinely curious.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“That was inappropriate," said Attolia.
"Inappropriate?" shouted the king. "You in your state on your way to war is inappropriate!"
"I did not become inappropriate all by myself!" she shouted back.
"Do you imagine I don't know that?”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief