37 Quotes by Kate Milford

Every city, every town, hides beneath a certain amount of glamour that- either intentionally or not- can misdirect the eye or hide something worth finding. Learning to see through those glamours is part of the process of calling any place home.

Cities have the capability to at any moment shift out of the familiar, even if you've lived in one all your life.

I've never understood all this stock people put into destiny anyhow. Only fools rely on destiny. ... Plus, if destiny exists, it doesn't seem it would be very functional if you could thwart it with a single wish.

...But if you want to be a good mayor—there seem to be so very few of them—that must be the sort of thing you have to be destined for. And a wish that goes against your destiny...that's always a bad idea.. Only a fool scoffs at destiny.' "'I think only a fool relies on it,' Julian grumbled. 'How can destiny decide what I'm going to be before I do?

Everyone know—or at least, was probably told as a child—that you can make a wish on a shooting star. Not everyone knows that the only way to be sure it will come ture is to speak it aloud before the star disappears, and this is a nearly imposssible fet to manage.

There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you're going to run a hotel in a smugglers' town.

In a city, with all of its enclaves and boundaries, both real and imagined, it is impossible not to feel the presence of those who are not like you and impossible not to feel like an outsider.

Okay, look, I know you're not supposed to share information about your guests. But do you happen to know if...""If what?" Milo asked warily. If their criminals? If, say I happened to be a criminal too, might I be interested in what they're up to? If your parents woould flip out if I battled them over stolen goods after breakfast?

I'm on vacation," Milo said firmly. " And if I miss out on more bacon because of you, you'll be sorry.