Bethany Willcock Quotes

“Sherlock Holmes had been right. I grinned at my brother and sister. Everything indeed comes in circles.”
― Bethany Willcock, Everything

“Helene nodded thoughtfully. “What could have been so secret that you’d want to hide it from your own sister?” she wondered.
“Half-sister,” I corrected. “Thankfully, or we’d have been related to her too. How grim would that have been!”
“Rather grim,” Helene agreed.”
― Bethany Willcock, Everything

“Helene straightened up from her trunk and pursed her already-drawn lips. “It’s a bit like Mr Holmes always said. ‘Pay attention to details. Everything is important’.”
“Actually I don’t think Mr Holmes ever did say that, not quite in those words at any rate! But I take your point. Anything might be important, therefore everything is important.” I glanced back towards the corner with the pile of burlap sacks thoughtfully. “Everything is important. Everything is a circle.”
“What?” Helene’s startled face appeared round a stack of old books that had an ancient spinning-wheel Miss Hurst had thrown out years ago reposing haughtily—albeit somewhat askew—on top.
“Oh, nothing.”
― Bethany Willcock, Everything

“Vincent grinned at his
sisters. “What did Mr Holmes always say? The world is full of obvious things that no one ever observes.”
― Bethany Willcock, Joy

“Vincent grinned at his sisters. “What did Mr Holmes always say? The world is full of obvious things that no one ever observes.”
― Bethany Willcock, Nobody Ever Observes

“On the stairs [Cathryn] paused and held up her hand.
“Listen—joy has been returned to this house.”
― Bethany Willcock, Joy

“That is curious, no doubt about it,” remarked
Vincent.
Harrison nodded. “Oh, that’s not the half of it! It was
strange in itself and startled me quite a bit, but I was even more startled when I returned home that evening and actually had a look at the oranges for the first time.”
The three siblings blinked at him.
“The oranges… were startling?”
Harrison chuckled. “No, Miss Helene, not the actual
oranges; rather what they were wrapped in.”
― Bethany Willcock, Joy

“Listen—joy has been returned to this house.”
― Bethany Willcock, Nobody Ever Observes

“That is curious, no doubt about it,” remarked Vincent.
Harrison nodded. “Oh, that’s not the half of it! It was strange in itself and startled me quite a bit, but I was even more startled when I returned home that evening and actually had a look at the oranges for the first time.”
The three siblings blinked at him.
“The oranges… were startling?”
Harrison chuckled. “No, Miss Helene, not the actual oranges; rather what they were wrapped in.”
― Bethany Willcock, Nobody Ever Observes