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“I didn't do it,' he insisted.
'Then why did you run?' Sabrina asked.
'And send rabbits to eat us! I'm a seven-year-old girl,' Daphne said. 'Do you know how important bunny rabbits are to me?”
― Michael Buckley, The Unusual Suspects

“You've never heard of the Trickster King?" Puck asked, shocked.
The girls shook their heads.
"The Prince of Fairies? Robin Goodfellow? The Imp?"
"Do you work for Santa?" Daphne asked.
"I'm a fairy, not an elf!" Puck roared. "You really don't know who I am! Doesn't anyone read the classics anymore? Dozens of writers have warned about me. I'm in the most famous of all of William Shakespeare's plays."
"I don't remember any Puck in Romeo and Juliet," Sabrina muttered, feeling a little amused at how the boy was reacting to his non-celebrity.
"Besides Romeo and Juliet!" Puck shouted. "I'm the star of a Midsummer Night's Dream!"
"Congratulation," Sabrina said flatly. "Never read it.”
― Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives

“Nothing like a puppet to give you the willies.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Moth, that wasn't very nice.”
― Michael Buckley, Once Upon a Crime

“The world is always ruled by a maniac. - Baba Yaga”
― Michael Buckley, The Council of Mirrors

“I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing.”
― Michael Buckley, The Council of Mirrors

“But that is love, isn't it? It's terribly inconvenient. It sweeps you up and stales your attention and slows down your work. our labors fall behind, our friends report us missing, and everything comes to a screeching halt! Everything, that is, except what truly matters in this life --- true love. We've all been there. We know the feelings. So when we see it in a friend, a dear, dear friend, we throw down our work and we celebrate. We rejoice. We raise a glass. Because when we recognize it in the hearts of friends, it reminds us of how important it is in our own. Mr. Seven, you are and always have been my companion and friend. You have made me a better man, and almost on a daily basis you have reminded me that I too need to celebrate the love in my life. - William Charming”
― Michael Buckley, The Council of Mirrors

“You can't ground us. We're homeless," Daphne said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Council of Mirrors

“Puck flapped up to the happy couple. "Wait a minute! You have to ask someone to marry you? No one told me that! I thought you just hit them with a club and dragged them back to your cave!"
Henry put his arm around Sabrina. "You're officially grounded from ever getting married."
"Thank you," Sabrina whispered sincerely.”
― Michael Buckley, The Council of Mirrors

“Old lady, if I die I'd like you to do one small thing for me. I want you to build a one-hundred-acre museum dedicated to my memory. Bronze my clothing and possessions. Have at least three hundred marble statues erected of me in my most dashing poses. One of these statues should stand one hundred feet tall and greet ships as they float down the Hudson River. One of the fourteen wings of the museum should have an amusement park with the world's fastest roller coaster inside. None of these rides should be equipped with safety devices. You can license some of the space to fast-food restaurants and ice-cream parlors but nothing should be healthy or nutritious. The gift shop should sell stuffed Puck dolls packed with broken glass and asbestos. There's a more detailed list in my room." Puck saidduble”
― Michael Buckley, Sisters Grimm Books 1, 2, and 3 Three-Pack

“You can't judge the many by the actions of the few.”
― Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives

“Please, don't hate me because I am beautiful.”
― Michael Buckley, The Unusual Suspects

“When did you suddenly become Mister Maturity?”
― Michael Buckley, Once Upon a Crime

“Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?"
Hiding, I guess."
Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you."
Ms. Smirt shrieked.
Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun."
He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her?”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“That's the coolest thing I've ever seen," Puck said.
"How cool will it be when it kills us?" Sabrina asked.
"Considerably less cool," Puck replied.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“You ignorant little rodent! This isn't just an old book. This is the book of Everafter."
"Sorry, I haven't read it. I'm waiting for the movie," Puck said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Now you get off that Pegasus and come down here and start acting your age!"
"Honey, he's four thousand years old," Veronica said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Don't duh me!" Puck snapped. "Trying to figure out what you're thinking from one day to the next takes more brains than I have."
Well, maybe you should stop. I'd hate to burn out that little peanut in your head.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Maybe one of the monsters ate him," Daphne whimpered.
"That would be awesome," Puck said.
Sabrina flashed him an angry look.
"Awesome in a terrible, heartbreakingly tragic way," Puck continued.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Trickster, love will be the end of you.”
― Michael Buckley, The Unusual Suspects

“He turned into a rhinocerous," Ms. Smirt said.
"He does that," Sabrina said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Don't disrespect the sword marshmallow.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“That's why crazy people are so dangerous. You think they're nice until they're chaining you up in the garage.”
― Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives

“But, Dad! We can't leave. Uncle Jake is hurt!" Daphne said. "Besides, that's Pinocchio. I want to get an autograph.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“But know this, if you get killed out there I'm going to fire you.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“I ate her cooking for eighteen years," he whispered. "You get used to it."
"Oh yeah, when?"
"I think it happened around the seventeenth year," Henry said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“Keep your paws off my fiancèe, you flea-ridden stray!”
― Michael Buckley, The Inside Story

“Mirror sighed. "I believe everyone deserves a happily ever after. But I think that happy endings don't just happen by accident- you can't wait for one. You have to make them happen.”
― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

“By the way, you don't need the makeup." Puck said.”
― Michael Buckley, The Problem Child

“And who are you supposed to be? the King of snot-nosed delinquents?”
― Michael Buckley, The Unusual Suspects