Fantasy Adventure Quotes

“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“Gossip is like thread wound over a spindle of truth, changing its shape.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, “If only I had known,” implying they would’ve acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one’s sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action? ”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Somebody always had to pay, and he was glad it was not going to be him. Meanwhile he had managed to ruin the perfect marriage by turning Dick into a crayfish and making Rachael think that he had run off with another woman.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“You don’t think he’s our man?” asked Adam. It occurred to him that Ramsbottom was not exactly forthcoming with information.
“I didn’t say that,” Ramsbottom said. “In fact he is behaving very cautiously indeed, which makes me feel very suspicious.”
“He has probably figured out that you are following him,” said Adam. “One can hardly fail to notice you hanging around all the time.”
“That may be so,” said Ramsbottom.
“Can’t you get a disguise or something?” asked Adam. “So he does not recognise you.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“On the end of my bed. He’s short, round and bald, with a tartan loin cloth, and what looks like a spout on the top of his head,’ Bryony said. ‘You flatter me,’ came the snide male voice. ‘But it’s a valve.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“A magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“I’m fucking asking you!” The man stood his ground.
From the corner of his eye Adam could see the other man getting up from his chair. It was time to go. Adam head-butted the first man who was blocking his way, and then kneed him in the groin for good measure. As the man doubled up, Adam pushed past him.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“It was amazing how a crisis could concentrate some minds while others went to pieces. Things had gone disastrously wrong in the last few days for Adam. His only worry before finding the book had been how to keep his girlfriend Linda without marrying her in the process. A contest he had lost.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“He was sure people detested accountants; they were boring. In fact, he had put down his profession as an airline pilot on the form he had filled in for a dating agency. As an airline pilot you could be away just the right amount of time, when you needed a break from your love life, without facing awkward questions from her when you got back.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“What’s “ague?”‘ Raya asked.
‘Malaria.’ Oscar said.
‘Oh, great.’
‘Hey, you want plague? They got that too.’ Raya ignored
the cat.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea.” Adam tried to protest and break away, but it was too late. She had a good hold on him by now, and he was going nowhere.
“Not bad for a little man like you,” she said. “There seems to be something different about you lately.” Rachael smiled.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
“No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
“Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
“He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
“He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
“With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example: lending – no, giving –thirty thousand pounds to a smooth-talking old bastard, but she would not part with a penny to him after living with him for a year or more.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“Ketal is not hell! It’s the K’tul homeworld. What is the difference?”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“He shredded my wings with his words.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“Some people are thrilled to have full control of their own lives. Others aren’t comfortable without an authority figure telling them what to do.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

“You may be a royal, and a monarch, but you know the High Council supplants your authority when it comes to the rings.”
― Tricia Copeland, To be a Fae Guardian

“I know the next year will be trying, but you must keep faith." His eyes bore into mine, and I fear he can see into my very soul.”
― Tricia Copeland, To be a Fae Guardian

“I stomp back to my room. Queen Titania is not marrying Prince Holden.”
― Tricia Copeland, To Be a Fae Queen

“Your wish, my Qu—”
I press my finger to his lips. “Let us race.”
“You will not win.” Holden grabs my wrist and kisses it.”
― Tricia Copeland, To be a Fae Guardian

“What we have learned, my dear, is that loving you and your siblings is the easiest thing in the universe and perhaps the most complex and meaningful.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, The Hunter and the Star Queen

“Remy glanced up and found herself staring into Logan’s eyes. She was lost to his stare and forgot that anyone else was around. Again, that feeling of protectiveness washed over her, and this time, something else. There was also a sense of familiarity when she looked into his eyes.”
― Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1

“She thought the waterfalls sang a little louder at the praise, but it could have been her imagination. The water was tumbling down cliffs of quartz that had been stained over many years by minerals in the water: streaks of rust red and emerald and teal. It reminded Marin of the Painted Pass where she’d first met Perri. She made a mental note to take Dax and Ree there someday. She thought they’d like to see where the story of their little family began.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, Sea of Charms

“The masquerade is full of dancing magical beings.
Unicorns with multicolored horns tap their hooves to the drumbeat. Mermaids slide across the marble floor in puddles that follow their movements, one with blonde hair and a pink tail, another with purple hair and a green fin. Miniature dragons produce columns of flame in the corners, in keeping with the music's rhythm. Atop the tables are bowls—punch? No. A moment later, fish leap out of them in coordination and twirl midair before falling back in again.
I glance upward. The ceiling is domed and full of winged creatures flying up above, mirroring the movements from the dance floor below. There are faeries with wings of every shade, draped in fabrics spun from forestry. Leaves spin with them, as if also entranced by the music.
Even— I squint— a few insects are dancing atop whirling lily pads. Some guests fly alongside the creatures, thanks to their paired creatures' magic.
All these fairy-tale creatures, the ones I thought only ever existed in books and stories, are real. They live in Everland.”
― Alex Aster, Barbie: Dreamscape

“This was never part of the plan. I was supposed to meet the Fates, claim a future, and go back home to Heartland.
But this whole journey hasn’t been part of the plan. Meeting Ken, watching a sunset, flying with Posey, dancing with mermaids, and besting an evil lord in a dress woven by talking spiders.
Now I know the Fates aren’t real, but there’s so much more that is. Maybe Posey was right about the worst moments turning into gifts.
Maybe… maybe this magic, my magic, is what I was always meant to find.”
― Alex Aster, Barbie: Dreamscape

“Life's color is the in-betweens, the quiet realizations, the side quests, the unexpected adventures.”
― Alex Aster, Barbie: Dreamscape