Adele Abbott > Quotes

“According to her, I didn’t have an ounce of tact. That simply wasn’t true. It wasn’t my fault that they were all incompetent asshats. “Are”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“Mirabel.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is When The Bubble Burst

“Mrs V and Winky did not see eye-to-eye, and that had nothing to do with his deficiency in the ocular department. She wasn’t really a ‘cat person’.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“Oh bum!” Hey, that’s my catchphrase.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Why The Search Began

“of”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is When The Penny Dropped

“By the time I crawled out of bed the next morning, Jack was long gone. Still, he had left me a love note. Jill, we’re nearly out of toilet paper. That boy knew how to charm a lady.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Why The Wolf Howled

“Maybe there was some kind of witch’s code that stated that magic should only be used for good and worthy causes. Hopefully not.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“he’d better get in touch PDQ.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Where Fairies Wing It

“That’s a very good question. You’d have to ask Adele about that.” “Who’s she?” “I’ve no idea. Her name just popped into my head.” “Strange.” “Very. Anyhow, I suppose I’d better get this over with. See you later.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is How The Tables Turned

“The one I’d torn into a dozen pieces.”
― Adele Abbott, Pushing All My Buttons

“car”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is How The Tables Turned

“I wasn’t going to let a cat push me around. What? Who are you calling a pushover?”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When The Hammer Fell

“yelled. “Did you call for something in”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When Life Got Complicated

“Hey, Kathy. Do you have any suggestions for a fundraiser?” “What’s it for?” “SupAid.” “Never heard of it.” “They help supernatural creatures who have temporarily lost their magical powers.” “Do what?” “You know. Witches, wizards—that sort of thing.” “Have you been drinking again, Jill?”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is When Stuff Got Serious

“And I thought feline boxing was crazy.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared

“Detective Maxwell?” Kathy said. “Why so formal? His name’s Jack isn’t it? Jack and Jill. You two were obviously meant for one another. Come on Jill. Why don’t you go up the hill to see Jack?” Kathy broke into her high-pitched squeal of a laugh, just as she did every time she made the same stupid joke.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“Thankfully, the judges are all intelligent people.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Why A Pin Dropped

“roads. But these weren’t normal circumstances”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“Rachel Somers.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is How Dreams Became Reality

“Win”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When Things Fell Apart

“What's that thing?” The young man looked horrified. “That’s Winky.” How dare he call my darling cat a thing? Sure, Winky had only one eye, and looked as though he’d just walked off the set of a slasher movie, but deep down, underneath all that fur and latent aggression, he was sweet and adorable. At least, that’s what the woman at the cat re-homing centre had told me. Gullible? Who? Me? Winky jumped onto my desk, and immediately the young man pushed his chair back. He probably thought he’d be safe at that distance, but he hadn’t seen how far Winky could jump.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“if”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is How Things Had Changed

“I was gobsmacked.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When The Floodgates Opened

“Are you seriously going to leave that decrepit old thing in the outer office?” “I think the typewriter will be okay.” “I wasn’t referring to the typewriter. I meant the old bag lady. She’s beginning to scare people.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch is How Bells Were Saved

“If my track record was anything to go by, ‘my type’ was a lying, cheating, unreliable narcissist.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began

“I thought I could tell her that Jack’s parents are both teetotal.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Why The Music Stopped

“I do not have a clown phobia. They’re just boring.” I’m terrified of them. No one will ever convince me they aren’t evil. There should be some law against them.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When Life Got Complicated

“She might when I tell her that Jack’s parents are teetotal.” “Are they?” “Of course not.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is Why The Music Stopped

“Ash.”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is How To Fool Cats

“movie, but deep down, underneath all that fur and latent aggression, he was sweet and adorable. At least, that’s what the woman at the cat re-homing centre had told me. Gullible? Who? Me? Winky jumped onto my desk, and immediately the young man pushed his chair back. He probably thought he’d be safe at that distance, but he hadn’t seen how far Winky could jump. “Get down!” I tried to push Winky off the desk, but he managed to avoid my arm. His meowing grew louder as he walked around in circles, directing his attention first at me and then at the young man. “Sorry about this.” I forced a smile, and pressed the intercom. “Mrs V?” “Hello.” Mrs V’s voice crackled”
― Adele Abbott, Witch Is When It All Began