# Quote — Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

> "You don't understand your weakness, if you think the greater nations will protect you. We will see how much longer you rule your backwater, Your Majesty. You will soon enough discover the limits of your resources."
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> "Will I? I think you underestimate me still, Nahuseresh. While we are being forthright with each other, I admit I find it tedious."

- Author: [Megan Whalen Turner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner.md)
- Book: [The Queen of Attolia](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-queen-of-attolia.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-queen-of-attolia/you-dont-understand

## More from this book

> Unable to guess the answer, she asked, "Who am I, that you should love me?"
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> "You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without moving as his words dropped like water into dry earth.
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> "Do you believe me?" he asked.
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> "Yes," she answered.
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> "Do you love me?"
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> "Yes."
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> "I love you."
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> And she believed him.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-queen-of-attolia/unable-to-guess.md)

> "I'll be your minister--"
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> "Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind."
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> "I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly.
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> "Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?"
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> "That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it."
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> "My earrings?"
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> "What earrings?"

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-queen-of-attolia/ill-be-your.md)

> Eddis looked at her minister, curious. "Your head?" she asked.
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> Attolia explained. "He had to be forcibly dissuaded from strangling his son."
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> "So have we all from time to time," Eddis said seriously.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-queen-of-attolia/eddis-looked-at-her.md)