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101 " Will he be able to understand us, sir? It’s a foreign language over there. I’ve heard they spell plough with a “w”?’ ‘I share your horror,’ he said, ‘but since I have the strongest doubts that anyone in the History Department can spell the word plough in any language, I do not feel this is an insurmountable barrier to admission at St Mary’s. "
― Jodi Taylor , What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6)
102 " History – the new sex. "
― Jodi Taylor , Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
103 " Don’t stop believing. Ever. Without belief, there is no hope. And without hope, there is nothing. Always believe and then you’ll always have hope.’ I "
― Jodi Taylor , The Nothing Girl (Frogmorton Farm, #1)
104 " Avoiding this bunch of alcohol-soaked ne’er-do-wells – or students, as they’re generically known – we turned right. "
― Jodi Taylor , A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)
105 " For wherever Historians go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake "
106 " Sad, but that’s the way it is. All empires fall sooner or later. I’ve said it before – a large part of our job is watching people die. We read of these events in the History books and it’s all a comfortably long time ago. And yes, I know – out of destruction comes new beginnings – other people have their chance to flourish – but, it’s not easy to watch. Nor should it be. "
― Jodi Taylor , Plan for the Worst (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #11)
107 " I’m almost certain the assignment was simply to observe and document. I distinctly remember saying so.’ ‘Indeed you did, sir, but you know us. Always ready to go that extra mile.’ ‘If you only knew how often I pray that some of you would go those extra miles. "
― Jodi Taylor , Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3.5)
108 " someone has to round up the country’s idiots and put them somewhere they can’t do any harm and so we invented Parliament. "
― Jodi Taylor , Hard Time (The Time Police, #2)
109 " This is so cool,’ beamed Bashford, cross-eyed and blissfully unaware of the danger in which we stood. Obviously a natural historian. "
― Jodi Taylor , Christmas Present (The Chronicles of St Mary's #4.5)
110 " the box marked “Sex” is not an invitation "
111 " Whatever it is, you need to face it down. You give it a good kicking, because that’s what you have to do. Then you walk away. And then you turn around, walk back and give it an even bigger one, just because you can. "
― Jodi Taylor , No Time Like the Past (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #5)
112 " You’re a felon?’ It takes talent to hiss when there isn’t a single ‘s’ in the sentence. ‘Well, yes. Aren’t you? "
113 " Get out. Get out of our house. Both of you. It makes me sick just to have you here. You called me a nothing girl. Well, this nothing girl despises you. I’d rather be nothing and loved by Russell Checkland than anything else on earth. You would have ruined his life and he’s so much better than you. He’s kind and generous and passionate and everything you’re not. He will be a great painter one day. And – and he goes like a train. "
114 " You don’t want to mess with a pair of historians. We’re not nice people. "
115 " Although, at St Mary’s, a lack of reality doesn’t necessarily mean you’re dreaming. "
116 " I’ve never had a high opinion of the human race and I’m not wrong. Just look at us. We’ve been given this gift. This wonderful gift. Alone of every species on the planet, we’re able to see our own past. To build on our triumphs. To learn from our mistakes. To discover at first hand, exactly how we arrived where we are today. And instead of regarding it as the wonderful gift it is, we’d tried to use it for nothing more productive than rehashing old conflicts. "
― Jodi Taylor , A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #4)
117 " We walked for a long time in silence. I wasn’t going to nag and I know from Aunt Julia that according to men, mentioning the same thing twice in one decade constitutes nagging, so I shut up. "
118 " Of course, they all tried to stand at the same end of the table, which at once tipped over. They landed slightly less gracefully than the dancing hippos in Fantasia. "
― Jodi Taylor , A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2)
119 " I ever retire, I’m going to buy a house in the centre of town somewhere and name it Sea View, just to give people something to worry about. "
120 " Mrs Mack, kitchen supremo, watched me in silence and then took my plate from me and began to load up a pile of vegetables. I watched in horror. No good ever comes of eating green food. "