Wren Jones > Quotes

“She hoped her tone was more authoritative than biting, but her face softened when she noticed her sister pull away.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“The latest shipment arrived, and it has less than half the expected inventory. It can't keep going like this.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“exotic meant exorbitant pricing. Smaller shipments meant exclusivity.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Oh, this is Dorothea. Sorry about that, Dotty”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Poppy had seen green be-fore. She had been to the countryside, away from all the gray and dreariness of London. Every time, she had been stunned by the vast openness of the sky, the massive, stretching trees that speckled the horizon. But here, now, her eyes were lost in the depths of the jun-gle before she even stepped foot off the ship. It was so green that her eyes stung. She held her hand over the brim of her hat and blinked a few times, try-ing to take it all in as they sailed closer.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Poppy Fletcher hated nothing more than when her little sister was right. As the older sister, she was accustomed to having more experience and knowledge than Ann, and she would often use that to win almost any argument.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Poppy hummed. A noncommittal re-ply. Her brows knitted as she pondered the sudden collapse of their bee colonies throughout their farms. It started small. One little bee yard stopped producing honey. Then, stopped producing new bees. Then an-other farm went under. Then another.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Poppy held both arms out when her feet hit the solid wood of the dock. It wasn't moving, she was sure of it, but her legs felt like smoke beneath her, her whole body unstable.

"Sea legs, lass," the man said as he and the other hopped out and onto the dock with cat-like poise.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs