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41 " Kim lifted the lid. Inside, on a small pillow covered in white velvet, lay a gold sunburst the size of her thunbnail, hung on a delicate chain. It looked a little like the first spell she had ever cast, a small explosion of light re-created in metal, and she was not really surprised to find the card with the single word "Mairelon" scrawled across it. "
― Patricia C. Wrede , A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)
42 " After this, anything might happen. Anything at all. - The End "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon, #1)
43 " No matter how good you are at sneaking, you can't ever sneak well enough so that mosquitoes won't find you, and no matter how worried and tense you are, or how hard you are trying to pay attention, you just can't help noticing when a cloud of mosquitoes comes for you like you're their first good meal since last fall. "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Across the Great Barrier (Frontier Magic, #2)
44 " I didn’t ask what you’d said about it,” the frog snapped. “I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things. "
― Patricia C. Wrede , The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1-4)
45 " Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare occasions when she could relax enough to enjoy it. "
46 " And on top of everything, Mairelon hadn't even said she looked nice. "
47 " William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of the time he didn't say much. But when he was curious about something, he was stubborner than a bear after a honeycomb. "
48 " In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation we will clearly have to do it ourselves. "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1)
49 " Tis my will that thou and he shall die by my hand. Thou hast but to choose the manner of thy death.” “Old age,” Cimorene said promptly. “Mock "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
50 " Starting is good. You can’t get anywhere at all if you never start. "
51 " Anyone who is known as the Mysterious Marquis ought to have far more interesting reasons for his behavior than a stupid dispute with Sir Hilary. "
52 " If a beauty like Letitia Tarnower couldn't interest Mairelon, and a brilliant wizard like Renee D'Auber hadn't attracted him in all the years they'd known one another, what chance did she, Kim, have? "
53 " She said that time and death are the greatest enemies all of us must face, and the only weapon stronger than they are is love. "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Book of Enchantments
54 " I'm not going to dress in velvet robes with ermine trim when I'm spending the day hanging pictures and cleaning out the attic in the South Tower, no matter how much Willin would like it," Mendanbar said firmly. "
55 " Come one, come all! Prepare to be amazed by the one, the only - Mairelon the Magician! "
56 " One of the previous Kings of the Enchanted Forest had been very fond of sweeping up and down staircases in a long velvet robe and his best crown, so he had added stairs wherever he thought there was room "
― Patricia C. Wrede , Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2)
57 " Men can be such provoking creatures. One would think the entire world and everything in it were made only for their enjoyment and approval. "
58 " Magic and music are brother and sister,” he replied as Starbrow picked his way through the fog. “The bard’s craft has always been half magic; in times past minstrels and magicians were often one and the same. Perhaps it is because we must sing so frequently of the old days and the magic of them that we do "
― Patricia C. Wrede , The Lyra Novels: Shadow Magic, Daughter of Witches, The Harp of Imach Thyssel, Caught in Crystal, and The Raven Ring
59 " You must have misunderstood,” Keredwel said severely. “No one volunteers to be a dragon’s princess. It isn’t done.” “Actually, Alianora’s quite right,” Cimorene said as she set the teacups in front of her visitors. “I did volunteer.” She smiled sweetly at the thunderstruck expressions on the faces of the first two princesses. “I got tired of embroidery and etiquette.” Keredwel "
60 " Winter was usually the slow season at the menagerie, with so many of the animals hibernating, but that year I was busier than a hen with a double set of chicks. "