# Quote — Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief

> Neither the king's reward nor Pol could stop me, but I wanted to be a kingmaker myself. I wanted to be the first one to steal Hamiathes's Gift in hundreds and hundreds of years. I wanted to be famous. Only I couldn't steal the damned thing if I didn't know where if was, and only the magus could find it for me. I would stay with him until he led me to the stone, but I promised myself that someday I would stick a sharp knife into his arrogance and give it a good twist.

- Author: [Megan Whalen Turner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner.md)
- Book: [The Thief](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-thief.md)
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## More from this book

> Ambiades, I realized, was the kind of person who liked to put people in a hierarchy, and he wanted me to understand that I was at the bottom of his. He was supposed to treat me politely in spite of my subservient position, and I was supposed to be grateful.
>
> For my part, I wanted Ambiades to understand that I considered myself a hierarchy of one. I might bow to the superior force of the magus and Pol, but wasn't going to bow to him. Neither of us moved.

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> "...Everything about you reveals your low birth. You'd never be comfortable at the court."
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> "I'd be famous."
>
> "Oh, you're already that, Gen," he said pityingly.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/the-thief/everything-about-you.md)

> "You can always give me some of Ambiades's food."
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> The magus gave me an ugly look. "You'll get your share and nothing else. No one's going hungry so that you can eat."
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> "I don't see why not," I said as I lay down on the grass for a nap. It had dried in the sumer sun to crakling stalks that poked me in the arms and neck. "I'm a lot more important than anyone else here," I told the blue sky above me.

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