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“We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.” “You’ve talked about it,” Terracotta replied. “I still think it’s a good first choice.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Hand me that brandy,” said Zoya. “I can’t tolerate this degree of stupidity on a clear head.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Her eyes very round, seven-year-old Altamira said, with perfect gravity, “That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“I've read fairy tales, of course, and listened to plaintive love songs, but I never understood why anyone would wake up after a hundred years and marry the prince who broke into their bedroom for a kiss. Or dance with a stranger once and decide to spend the rest of their lives together. I always felt a baffled kind of melancholy when others raptured over love at first sight, like maybe something was wrong with me, maybe I didn't know how to love someone at all.
I didn't know it wasn't just me.”
― Little Thieves
I didn't know it wasn't just me.”
― Little Thieves
“We all love Jamie too much to see him spend the rest of his life with only three decrepit old bags of bones for company."
"I'm fifty-six," said Lucie indignantly. "I'm closer to Jamie's age than yours! Watch who you're calling a decrepit bag of bones."
...
"Why is it you're never concerned about my romantic life, or lack thereof?"
"Darling, you said it yourself, you're fifty-six," Ian said soothingly. "You're an established spin - "
"If you say the word spinster, I'll skewer you on a spit.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
"I'm fifty-six," said Lucie indignantly. "I'm closer to Jamie's age than yours! Watch who you're calling a decrepit bag of bones."
...
"Why is it you're never concerned about my romantic life, or lack thereof?"
"Darling, you said it yourself, you're fifty-six," Ian said soothingly. "You're an established spin - "
"If you say the word spinster, I'll skewer you on a spit.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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