9 Quotes by Stephanie Burgis

For me, Mama's cabinet had been full of mysteries and secrets to be puzzled out, like an adventure. For them it had been full of memories. And I had broken all of them.

For God’s sake, man!” Frederick Carlyle bellowed across the room. “At least wait until you’re alone before you kiss her, if you please! Remember, her family is watching you, and we haven’t had our dinner yet!

..A hawk soared over our carriage, letting out a high, piercing cry of defiance, and I wanted to jump out of the window and fly with it

Grim determination was one thing. Outright heroism before I’d drunk my morning tea was quite another...

Elissa pulled away from Stepmama and rose to her feet. She gazed down at Mr Collingwood’s tormented face and smoothed back the jet-black hair from his fore- head. I could have sworn I saw a glowing halo rise around her as she spoke. “You must forgive me, my love, and learn to forget me, for my sake.” “Oh, my Lord,” I said. “You’ve been waiting your whole life for this, haven’t you?” “Can you doubt it?” said Angeline. “Look at the two of them! He’s as bad as she is.

It seems,” I said to my ex-fiancé in as calm a tone as I could muster, “you may have a chance to discuss non-human methods of weather prediction after all...because I’m reasonably certain that we are standing on a troll.

He was puny and insignificant, and he was trying to keep me from my chocolate?

Humans were a dragon’s most dangerous prey.

Again and again I heard birds calling, just begging to be eaten.