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21 " His recent dungeon experience had persuaded him that opportunites for good things should be grabbed and not postponed. You never knew when you wouldn't be around anymore. "
― , Once Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #1)
22 " Sometimes things that seem like good ideas in theory, in practice turn out to be the worst kinds of boneheaded blunders. "
23 " Edric knew he should head for home. It would be dark soon, and even though he was as familiar with his part of the forest as he was with the back and the front of his hand, there were dangers when the lights went out—wild animals, evil spirits, big glowing eyes attached to who-knew-what, stuff like that. "
24 " Trolls have to speand at least one hundred years of hteir lives in a cave; did you know that? It's a tradition. I've been here, oh, must be one undred and seventeen years now. "
25 " In the next few minutes, both of them sensed the false cheerfulness that came from trying to reassure the other in the face of real doubts. But they each were still glad they ahd someone to be falsely cheerful for. "
26 " If you don't like it out there, you know the door is always open to you." Because they lived in a cave, the door was always open to everyone, but neither of htem mentioned that. They both knew what Ed meant. "
27 " He was tall, dark, and handsome in his black-and-silver finery, walking as if he owned the world. Only his quick blink and the worried pucker between his eyebrows gave away the fact that he knew he didn't - not even a little piece of it. "
28 " I know it looks bad right now-""Bad?" Ed said. "You know that saying about how it's always darkest just after the lights go out? That's what it looks like to me. "
29 " No matter how good somebody's life looks from the outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your life. "
― , Twice Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #2)
30 " You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good. Especially if you act right away. The longer you let evil hang around and get a grip on you, the harder it is to get rid of it. "
31 " We'll burn that bridge when we come to it! "
32 " But it's tempting, isn't it, to give somebody like Olympia or Fenleigh a taste of their own medicine? To get even?'I agree it's tempting. *Really* tempting. But it doesn't solve anything. It just perpetuates the problem by making us as bad as them. And we don't need any more of them, do we? "
33 " Christian looked at her fondly. When she was happy, so was he. "
34 " It probably wouldn't last. It never does. But it would come back around again. That's how life works. And that's why it's important to treasure the peaceful times-so you can persevere through the other kind. "
― , Thrice Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #3)
35 " Here's what I say - when you don't know or can't know the answer to a question, why not believe the answer you like best? It's as valid as any of the others - and it might be right. "
36 " There are only a few things worse than having to face up to the fact that the predicaments one finds oneself in are usually the results of one's own foolish actions. "
37 " But practicalities have to be tended to, even during emergencies. "
38 " It's a good day when you can get two birds stoned at once. "