E.D. Baker > Quotes

“The tinkle of wind chimes announcing the return of our fairy guests made us both look up. Our chance to be alone was going to be shorter than either of us had hoped.
I sighed and brushed an errant dragon scale from Eadric’s tunic. “Someday when we have lots of time, remind me to tell you what you mean to me.”
Eadric tilted my head back so he could gaze into my eyes. “I can tell you what you mean to me with just one word.”
Let me guess,” I said, smiling up at him. “Maybe I make you happy because you no longer have to enter kissing contests to find the best kisser? Do I bring excitement into your life because I can wisk you away to exotic lands on my magic carpet? Or do you find me delightful because I can conjure food whenever you’re hungry?”
No, that’s not. . . Wait, what was that last one?”
I laughed and shook my head. “Never mind. So tell me in one word, what do I mean to you?”
That’s easy,” said Eadric. “Everything!”
― E.D. Baker, No Place for Magic

“How do you plan to scare people tonight?" asked a hollow-voiced spector. "I'll wait until they sit down to supper, then scream whenever someone sticks his knife in his meat."

I'll haunt the bedchambers," said another. "A bloody ax at midnight always gets a good reaction."

A ghost with a purplish tinge to his aura spoke next. "I can top both of you. I'm going to dress like a guard and haunt the privy. I'll hide in the hole and when anyone sits down I'll wail, 'Who goes there? State your business!”
― E.D. Baker, Once Upon a Curse

“Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both!”
― E.D. Baker, The Frog Princess

“Love doesn't work that way. You don't meet one day and kiss and see sparkles the next. Real love takes time. They need to get to know each other, and when they do, then they might fall in love. They know next to nothing about each other now.”
― E.D. Baker, Unlocking the Spell

“Your father is the first person to tell me that I am lovely who seemed to mean it. The only people who've told me that before were ones who think they're supposed to flatter a princess'
'I think you're lovely,' murmured Eadric.
'Only because you love me,' I said.
'Hmm,' he said, kissing me before I could say anything else.”
― E.D. Baker, Once Upon a Curse

“Unfortunately being born princess doesn't autimatically make a girl graceful or confident, a fact I've lamented for most of my fourteen years”
― E.D. Baker, The Frog Princess

“Then welcome, you poor things! I'm so gald you're here! I never get to talk to anyone except when I'm working, and then I'm supposed to say things like, 'Woe is me' and 'Beware' and 'Uncle Rupert is going to die.' And then they look at me like I have two heads, which I don't because I'm not a troll , and they always say, 'Oh, no, the banshee is here!' Do you know how that makes me feel? Every time I show up, people run screaming and warn everybody else that I'm around. Believe me, I've thought about staying home and sleeping late, but I can't because I care about people. Without me to warn them, people would die unexpectedly, and then where would their relatives be? When I tell them, they have time to make arrangments, say good-bye...you know-important things. I'm actually a very nice person; it's just that no one gives me a chance to prove it.”
― E.D. Baker, The Frog Princess

“The spell was simple and I'd said half of it before she even figured out that it was a spell.

Since you like bubbles so,
In a bubble you must go.
In that bubble you will stay
Till your bubbles go away.

Sound can't pass from inside out
Even if you scream or shout.
If you want to be set free, End your spell, that's the key”
― E.D. Baker, Once Upon a Curse

“She was suddenly aware of him in a way she hadn't been before. Hayward was good-looking in a sweet and wholesome way.”
― E.D. Baker, The Salamander Spell

“Without my protectionm your journey is doomed before you begin.'
Great! I thought. Even the snake is a critic!”
― E.D. Baker, The Frog Princess

“I'd rather be ignored as a frog than eaten as a human.”
― E.D. Baker, Dragon's Breath

“I'd always wanted to believe that my ancestors were better people than they probably were. - Princess Emma”
― E.D. Baker, Once Upon a Curse

“Who would have thought that a human and a dragon could make such a perfect match?”
― E.D. Baker, A Prince Among Frogs

“We're engaged to be engaged, aren't we?”
― E.D. Baker, Dragon's Breath

“Gwendolyn rubbed the corner of the cape with her fingers and began to pout. "I don't like it. It's old and it's not pink."

"I know!" Annie said. "I think it's perfect!”
― E.D. Baker, Unlocking the Spell

“trembling copse of young saplings”
― E.D. Baker, The Frog Princess

“bad as it seemed. Gwendolyn stirred, her eyelids opening a crack. “What happened?” she asked, her words slurred. “I’m not sure,” said Annie. She glanced at the jeweled object still held in her sister’s hand. Although Gwendolyn hadn’t recognized it, Annie knew what it was right away. Someone had crafted a tiny model”
― E.D. Baker, The Wide-Awake Princess

“At least it was short,” said Digby. Annie didn’t like it, certain that Tandry probably considered her one of the weeds. Liam must have seen her expression because he reached for her hand and squeezed it under the table. “Thank you,” Snow White finally said to Tandry. “Now,” she said, turning to Nasheen, “why don’t you show us what you’ve done?” “It would be my pleasure,” said the prince as he rose to his feet. “Please, follow me.” Liam”
― E.D. Baker, The Bravest Princess

“If you happen to see a young man named Liam, please tell him that Princess Annie is in this tower and needs to be rescued.”
“Rescue yourself!”
― E.D. Baker, The Wide-Awake Princess

“Although both annie and liam were ready to leave early the next morning, they had to wait for Prince Andreas, who was still sleeping. Annie wanted to go wake him, but when she asked Lady Hillary for the location of his room, the lady-in-waiting looked shocked and told her that it wasn’t proper.”
― E.D. Baker, The Wide-Awake Princess

“Twenty”
― E.D. Baker, Dragon's Breath

“stepmother”
― E.D. Baker, The Bravest Princess

“Highness,”
― E.D. Baker, The Bravest Princess

“That horrid little witch Emma sent us here with her magic. Here, what’s this?”
― E.D. Baker, The Princess and the Pearl

“when all your smiles should be for me,”
― E.D. Baker, The Wide-Awake Princess

“Unwilling”
― E.D. Baker, Dragon's Breath

“When he was finished, Annie caught up her hair in the band again and turned to smile at him. “I wish you would do that every day,” she said, and gave him a kiss. Tossing the brush on the bed, Liam pulled Annie into his arms and returned her kiss with one that was long and slow. They didn’t move apart until there was another knock on the door. When Liam raised his head, Annie’s breath was ragged and her cheeks were flushed. “I’d be happy to do this every day,” Liam said with a smile. They”
― E.D. Baker, Princess Between Worlds

“I didn’t say it wasn’t,” Liam said. “I just don’t want it in the room.” Pulling her into his arms, Liam gave her a very tender kiss. “Good thinking!” Annie finally said as Liam blew out the candles.”
― E.D. Baker, The Princess and the Pearl

“It was late afternoon when they stopped again. The guards were extra vigilant around Clarence, following him even when he went to use the bushes.”
― E.D. Baker, The Princess and the Pearl

“Griselda.”
― E.D. Baker, The Bravest Princess