34 Quotes by Jean Ferris


  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't. And the ones with one are divided into those who will act on their conscience and those who won't. Those who will are, I'm afraid, the smallest category. They will *jeito*. It's Brazilian Portuguese. It means to find a way to get something done, no matter what the obstacles.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.

  • Tags
  • Share



  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    Phoebe was thinking, Insubordinate. What a lovely word. And when was the last time she'd heard a nice-looking young man use it? Why-never, that's when. What a treat. And to have a ruler who could say conscientious and citizenry in the same sentence. Lovely.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jean Ferris
  • Quote

    Knock, Knock.""Who's there?""Olive.""Olive who?""Olive...ooh. I love you, too," he said, figuring it out. "You can tell me that one anytime you like." He folded her into his arms.

  • Tags
  • Share