21 quotes
But it’s not justice that they’re mostly concerned with, it’s division of the loot.
The Mad Apprentice (2015)
Maybe that’s wisdom, seeing things that are obvious.
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
Magic, you’ll find, is nine parts dull to one part excitement, and the exciting bits usually hurt like the blazes.
The Forbidden Library (2014)
The more he didn’t know, she reasoned, the easier he would be to fool.
The Palace of Glass (2016)
Of course, where magic is involved, appearances don’t mean much.
The Palace of Glass (2016)
The truth can be useful, sometimes. Assuming you can convince people.
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
I must say, you are the least unintelligent human I have ever met.
The Palace of Glass (2016)
“What do you see here?”
“Books?”
“Indeed, books. They are the ocean in which magic swims.”
The Forbidden Library (2014)
The sum total of Alice’s medical knowledge was that blood was supposed to stay on the inside.
The Forbidden Library (2014)
They have servants. I’d rather have friends.
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
But—though she was not an expert on cats—she was fairly certain that they did not, as a rule, snicker.
The Forbidden Library (2014)
At that age, Alice had grasped the idea that some things in books were real, and others were not.
The Forbidden Library (2014)
“Ashes, how did you do it?”
“I’d like to say it was all my own talent, but cats are naturally modest.”
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
It was a bit like trying to tie both shoelaces at once, one with each hand.
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
“Patience, my friend.”
“I’m not your friend. And I’m not patient.”
The Forbidden Library (2014)
He was, of course, cheating her, that was what lawyers were for.
The Forbidden Library (2014)
Some things are more important than following the rules.
Aren’t they?
The Forbidden Library (2014)
“We’re doomed,” one of the sprites said, turning wildly in a circle as though excited at the prospect. “Doomed! Doomed!”
The Palace of Glass (2016)
‘‘This isn’t some stupid storybook where the underdog wins in the end. This is the real world. The strongest do what they want, and everyone else has to live with it. Or”—she glanced significantly at Isaac—“not.”
The Fall of the Readers (2017)
In desperation, she slid her fingers in the cracks between blocks, looking for some kind of catch or hidden mechanism. Which was ridiculous, she thought, because how complicated could a secret door be if a cat figured it out?
The Forbidden Library (2014)