Jean Ferris > Quotes

“And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“I know it's important to do more than just complain when there's something you don't like. You need to try to do something about it, or you're nothing but a whiner.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“No matter how good somebody's life looks from the outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your life.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not. ”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“She said, "As long as we're with each other--"
"We know we're in exactly the right place," he finished.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't. And the ones with one are divided into those who will act on their conscience and those who won't. Those who will are, I'm afraid, the smallest category. They will *jeito*. It's Brazilian Portuguese. It means to find a way to get something done, no matter what the obstacles.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“Knock, Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive...ooh. I love you, too," he said, figuring it out. "You can tell me that one anytime you like." He folded her into his arms.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good. Especially if you act right away. The longer you let evil hang around and get a grip on you, the harder it is to get rid of it.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“It probably wouldn't last. It never does. But it would come back around again. That's how life works. And that's why it's important to treasure the peaceful times-so you can persevere through the other kind.”
― Jean Ferris, Thrice Upon a Marigold

“Rats. Rats, mice, and rodents.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“Just bring your wits. Sometimes that's the most effective weapon any of us has.”
― Jean Ferris, Thrice Upon a Marigold

“We'll burn that bridge when we come to it!”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“As it so often does, an impulsive, daring suddenly - and too late - seemed seriously flawed in its conception and its inability to be retracted.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“You go to grab your moments and squeeze them dry. Enjoy them while you’re having them. Then remember and enjoy them all over again in your memory. And try to have more good ones than bad ones —- or at least remember more of the good ones.”
― Jean Ferris

“His recent dungeon experience had persuaded him that opportunites for good things should be grabbed and not postponed. You never knew when you wouldn't be around anymore.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“Sometimes things that seem like good ideas in theory, in practice turn out to be the worst kinds of boneheaded blunders.”
― Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold

“C: What do you get when a giant sneezes?
Out of the way. - Marigold”
― Jean Ferris

“Horatio leaned toward her, "What is the secret of joy?"
Mousey thought for a moment. "Doing what you like best."
Of course. How simple. And how true.”
― Jean Ferris, Love Among the Walnuts

“But it's tempting, isn't it, to give somebody like Olympia or Fenleigh a taste of their own medicine? To get even?'
I agree it's tempting. *Really* tempting. But it doesn't solve anything. It just perpetuates the problem by making us as bad as them. And we don't need any more of them, do we?”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“This is some kind of life, isn't it? Something good happening inside something bad.”
― Jean Ferris, Underground

“Here's what I say - when you don't know or can't know the answer to a question, why not believe the answer you like best? It's as valid as any of the others - and it might be right.”
― Jean Ferris, Thrice Upon a Marigold

“Christian looked at her fondly. When she was happy, so was he.”
― Jean Ferris, Twice Upon a Marigold

“Phoebe was thinking, Insubordinate. What a lovely word. And when was the last time she'd heard a nice-looking young man use it? Why-never, that's when. What a treat. And to have a ruler who could say conscientious and citizenry in the same sentence. Lovely.”
― Jean Ferris, Thrice Upon a Marigold

“Carpe Diam forever after.”
― Jean Ferris, Thrice Upon a Marigold