27 Quotes by T. Kingfisher

The larger part of power was understanding the power you had over others, even if you would rather not have had that much power in the first place.

Goblin tea resembles a nice cup of Earl Grey in much the same way that a catfish resembles the common tabby. They share a name, but one is a nice thing to curl up with on a rainy afternoon, and the other is found in the muck at the bottom of polluted rivers and has bits of debris sticking to it.

The miller back home was like that,' she said. 'He had a little bit of power and he lorded it over everyone. Although there's less damage you can do with a mill than with a religious order.

If I'd given him too much, he'd know something was afoot. Too much money is as dangerous as too little; it means you want it too bad.

The carver had clearly heard of the golden ratio and wanted no truck with it.

No matter how pale and pure and perfect you are, the moon is even more perfect.

I will unmake him," said the Clock Wife simply. "I will pull the marrow from his bones, and pour lead into the spaces left behind. I will make his dying into a place, and visit it every day until the end of eternity. But he is not here.

You're from Florida. There's got to be more holes to hell in Florida than in any other state.

Between one stride and the next, the herd of reindeer faded away. She felt a last few ghosts go with her, shoulder on shoulder, and then they too were gone and she was back, alone, in the world of humans and ravens.