Allison Tebo > Quotes

“You humans certainly have your hearts set on being happy, don’t you?”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“What other lost soul has the misfortune to have you as their fairy godfather?”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“Neat' was the highest superlative possible from Burndee and it was not a word that he often used...unless he was describing something he had done. 'Neat'--without even 'very' or 'really' attached to it--was extremely high praise from Burndee.”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“My first choice would be to give you more god children, but that would be far too cruel a thing to do—to them.”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“I’m good, but I’m not that good. Unless we steal a baby—” Colin”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“It almost made him feel sorry for Colin and that was just as unthinkable an estate as marriage.”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“My father says it's high time I...produce an heir."

"Oh...I'm good, but I'm not that good. Unless we steal a baby—”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“And I think you’re wrong, Burndee. Humans do have recipes, but just like baking, there’s that little surprise in there. Why, the two things are so similar, I would think you should enjoy being a fairy godparent just as much as you enjoy baking.”⁠
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Burndee gave her the dirtiest look he possessed and hissed between his teeth, “Cakes don’t psychoanalyze you.”⁠”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“The Almighty that Beowulf speaks of is not a God to fit in one’s pocket. He is a God that holds you in His hand, and yet He does not close His hand into a fist to crush his followers. Instead, He holds them to His heart.”
― Allison Tebo, Break the Beast

“We all die, Beowulf,” I retort, throwing his words back at him. “All that we get to decide is how we die and what for.”
― Allison Tebo, Break the Beast

“Do not let one man unravel your peace, Wynnhild.”
― Allison Tebo, Break the Beast

“It is people’s nature to cheer one moment and then jeer the next. You cannot look to the world for security, Wynnhild—only the Almighty.”
― Allison Tebo, Break the Beast

“They’re hunting me, Burndee.” Burndee”
― Allison Tebo, The Reluctant Godfather

“The silence deepens and my heartbeat calms for a moment as I look out across the seemingly endless horizon, where the fading sun has begun to pour like molten gold into the crucible of a sun-streaked sea.”
― Allison Tebo, Break the Beast