Shelby Bach > Quotes

“I would die for my brothers, but I sure as heck wouldn’t do what they told me to. They’re idiots.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow

“Chase nuzzled the carpet with his cheek. “You’re my new best friend.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“You’re awesome,” I whispered to Chase, taking the burger from his hand. I would have never admitted that if I thought he was awake, so I jumped when he mumbled, “I know.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow

“I was kind of focused, so I almost had a heart attack when Chase gave me a hug. Chase never did hugs. In fact, he usually shot me and Lena weird looks when we hugged each other. For a second I thought something serious was going on. Like he was going to tell me he didn’t want any cake.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Witches and Wind

“Wow.” Chase looked pleased with himself. “If I had known that teaching would get you to listen to me, I would’ve tried this much earlier.” “Well, you’re a better teacher than Hansel,” I said. “Can you tell Hansel that?” Chase grinned. “Can I be there when you tell Hansel that?”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“I don’t know what surprised me more: the part where Chase completely gave us away, the part where he got mad at his dad, or the part where he called me his friend.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“Rory, are you okay?” Lena asked. “Yeah, you’ve been sighing a lot.” Chase was so concerned he even put down his fudge. “Do you have a crush on me too?” I stared at him incredulously, not sure I had heard him right, and Melodie said, “You are remarkably self-involved.” Chase looked insulted. “Adelaide sighed a lot right before she said she had a crush on me.” “She had to tell you?” Lena said, surprised. I snorted. “That’s totally it. It was the paint on your face. ‘My heart awakens in sight of your green skin/as clean and warty as a toad’s has ever been—’” I said in my best reciting voice, and we all laughed.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“Well, that explained why Kyle was here—he was awesome at handling parents. He managed to be extremely polite, even when he was doing exactly what they didn’t want.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow

“Go,” Chase said. “Crawl under the door. I’ll try to buy you some time.” Obviously, someone woke up in a self-sacrificing mood.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“the Director said you went on an unauthorized ‘quest.’ What on earth is a ‘quest’?”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow

“On my first trip to Yellowstone National Park, I threw a rock at a dragon. It wasn't my smartest idea.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice

“You helped,” I pointed out. Chase gave me a look that clearly said, In what way was hanging by my belt helping?”
― Shelby Bach, Of Witches and Wind

“It was like she’d used up all her making sense-quota for the month the night before, and she’d returned to the regular, slightly insane version. It was hard not to feel abandoned.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Witches and Wind

“I’d been to ten schools in the last three years.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice