Home > Work > Bryony and Roses

Bryony and Roses QUOTES

Bryony and Roses QUOTES

1 " Would you like some wine, or would you prefer to yell at me for a little longer?” asked the Beast pleasantly. “I could leave, if you prefer, but I generally hold that those who leave the room when you wish to yell at them are among the most despicable of beings. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

2 " That the Beast was a person, Bryony did not even question, but then, she believed on some level that Fumblefoot was a person, and Blackie the goat, and the neighbor’s large and grumpy tomcat.  It was not that she was sentimental about animals. Chickens, for example, were not people. You looked into a chicken’s eyes and you saw the back of their skulls. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

3 " You don’t like pink?”  “I shouldn’t think anyone likes pink as much as that room does,” said Bryony. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

4 " Oh good,” said the Beast dryly. “Here I was afraid that I had kidnapped a sane person by mistake.”  “If you are going to kidnap travelers, you will simply have to take what you can get,” snapped Bryony. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

5 " Holly had a cheerful pink face and big, twinkling blue eyes, and Bryony occasionally had to remind herself that her sister also had a mind like a handful of razors. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

6 " The Beast looked faintly alarmed.
"Don't worry, I never stab anyone twice in the same hour. I don't want them to think I'm unoriginal."
"I confess, I am more afraid you will clip me bald."
"Vain Beast. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

7 " Occasionally, she drank a second glass of wine in the evenings, which made her feel rather giddy and amused, and which one night led to her poking the Beast with one bare toe when she thought he wasn’t looking up from his book fast enough. (A week ago, the notion of touching the Beast voluntarily would have made her tremble, but there was something deeply unthreatening about him when he was reading. He had to fold himself into the chair for one thing. For another, he was desperately near-sighted and had to hold the book a few inches past the end of his muzzle when reading. Apparently House could not provide adequate reading glasses.) "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

8 " Bryony began laughing, with a great deal of bitterness to be sure, but still, laughter. That had always been her great gift and her besetting sin, that even in the darkest and most somber times, she had the urge to laugh. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

9 " Bryony closed her eyes.  I am making an enchanted house sad. God help me. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

10 " Don’t stop me,” said Bryony. “I’m pulling a weed. This is amazing. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

11 " Oh dear God, no, stop!"

Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what?

I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God.

-Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

12 " That had always been her great gift and her besetting sin, that even in the darkest and most somber times, she had the urge to laugh. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

13 " I can’t wait for you to meet him. You’ll say such horrible things to each other. I’m sure you’ll be friends. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

14 " There could not be a manor house. There had never been a manor house anywhere near Lostfarthing. Nobles did not come to Lostfarthing. It was not possible for a noble to disgrace themselves badly enough to be exiled this far east. The Duke of Entwood had been convicted of black magic, cannibalism, and high treason, and while he’d been burned at the stake, his heirs had only been sent as far east as Blue Lady, which was still two day’s travel west of Skypepper. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

15 " It is not wise to hurt the house’s feelings. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

16 " You never forget some things,” said Bryony. Three deportment teachers had nearly broken themselves training those things into her, and one had actually quit and gone into the seminary afterwards. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses

17 " I have no particular predilection for tortoises,’ said the prince, ‘it is only this particular tortoise that I wish to marry. "

― T. Kingfisher , Bryony and Roses