Kristin

“The noise of Blixxen galloping seemed to be shaking the trees, and Niko couldn't help but be reminded of that scene in the classic dinosaur movie where the T. rex was hunting a human, but he tried to banish that particular set of images because it hadn't ended well for the human.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“It has become Nessa's toy, her only toy, but of course the younger girl can't play with it, unless you count kicking a doll something of a game. The figure is as immobile as Nessa herself. They deserve each other, Elphie had thought when she finished hating it enough to pass it down to Nessa.”
― Gregory Maguire, Elphie: A Wicked Childhood

“Frexspar the Godly: A tall man, especially compared to old-stock Munchkinland farmers, those barrelly folk whose chins rarely grow four feet above the soil.”
― Gregory Maguire, Elphie: A Wicked Childhood

“Elphie opens her mouth and closes it again. It will not happen often in her life. She will rarely be able to ignore the urge to motor through any given moment with as much commotion as focus.”
― Gregory Maguire, Elphie: A Wicked Childhood