Anna Bright > Quotes

“I am a witch of Foxhall
And I've come to beg a boon
My house it is quite lonely
Yet we're also out of room
I'm come to Foxhall Forest
And I hope not to offend
I offer you this poppet
And I ask of you a friend

I belonged to Foxhall Forest, and it belonged to me. (page 47)”
― Anna Bright

“You know, Daffyd had visions of you, but I had dreams.”
― Anna Bright

“Ffion's voice was fey, primordial as the mountains and moors. Elemental as she was.”
― Anna Bright

“(said jokingly) "Come on, wife, can't delay returning you to your mother. I was promised a biddable woman, and you are not she!"
"I will bid you right into that ditch you over-embroidered ass!”
― Anna Bright

“I was seven years old when I met wild magic.”
― Anna Bright

“you've got a mouth on you
and a brain, i said unsteadily. and a heart”
― Anna Bright

“Oh, Tal. You are entirely at my mercy. There was never any question of that.”
― Anna Bright

“I had to go, because I knew there was no one else to do what had to be done.”
― Anna Bright

“Does my magic make you afraid?"
"Everything about you makes me a little afraid”
― Anna Bright

“The trouble with the country was that everything smelled like magic - like earth, animals, and moisture in the air.”
― Anna Bright

“They looked like fire and moved like water, like boulders tumbling downhill; they were the brightest things in that winter forest. (Page 2)”
― Anna Bright

“Lying to the rest of the world isn't the same as lying to each other.”
― Anna Bright

“You'd be less conspicuous naked!"

I considered this... "I doubt it, you haven't seen me naked.”
― Anna Bright

“Like fox fire from the earth, it was just another expression of her magic. (page 303)”
― Anna Bright

“Will everyone at court be like you?"

"What, recently washed?"

She bared her teeth at me, "No. A useless priss”
― Anna Bright

“Ffion, you cast the spell. And they came- they came for you.'

And as I looked around, at the plants and animals who had come to protect us and the fox who had summoned them all on my behalf, I knew it was true.

I loved the land. I loved its creatures and its magic.

And apparently, my magic was that it loved me, too. (page 380)”
― Anna Bright

“Don't you know by now?" I laughed bitterly. "I'm beyond anyone's control.”
― Anna Bright

“you've got a mouth on you"
"and a brain," i said unsteadily. "and a heart”
― Anna Bright, The Boundless

“I had seen magic, the scent and sound of earth and rain and a kettle on the boil. And I wanted nothing more to do with it.”
― Anna Bright

“You're the worst kind of handsome, Tal. Handsome, aware of it, and pretending you're not.”
― Anna Bright

“you can't just order it and make it so!" She said. We were almost chest to chest.

"I can," I held her gaze and watched her blush one last time "I'm a prince.”
― Anna Bright

“(arguing, she mentions his expensive coat again)
"Not the coat again!" I shouted, "I swear by every god I've ever heard of if you bring up my coat again I'm going to bury you alive in it so it's the last thing you see before the sweet release of death!"

"Still a better fate than being your dance partner!”
― Anna Bright

“I could hardly bear to look at her. I could hardly bear to look away. (page 225)”
― Anna Bright

“my soft, red heart began to riot beneath my skin”
― Anna Bright, The Boundless