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1 " When I got there, I found that my broom was sitting at my desk, waiting for me.“It’s not time for a lesson,” I told it, picking it up and setting it gently on the ground.It jiggled petulantly (or that’s how it seemed to me) and lifted itself up and plopped back down again as though it were taking a very teenage-like sigh of dissatisfaction. "
― A.A. Albright , A Little Bit Vampy (A Riddler's Edge Cozy Mystery #7)
2 " When my grandmother sounded the notes, they were beautiful and ethereal, almost like whale song. When I sounded the notes … well, I sounded like the croakiest, most talentless whale in the ocean. "
3 " You’re three minutes late,” he said, stretching out on my grandmother’s lap. “But it’s all right. Úna fed and milked me.” He sniggered to himself. “By that I mean she gave me some milk, rather than turned me into a dairy cat. "
4 " By the time my lesson ended, almost everyone I knew was watching me – which wasn’t at all uncomfortable, because I cope wonderfully under pressure. Ahem. "
5 " My mother grasped my hand. “Úna, my daughter might not be the queen of anything, but if she says she has a plan, then we’re going to listen to her.”Dylan, Jared and my father nodded vehemently. “Darn straight,” said Dylan. “I’ve learned the hard way that it’s always best to shut up and listen whenever Miss Smith has an idea. "
6 " Fuzz shrugged. “Potato tomato.”“That’s not the phrase,” I informed him.“It could be,” he said. "
7 " I wasn’t ready to move in with him, and I wasn’t sure his fridge was ready for it, either. I’d only sully his lettuce leaves and lean chicken by making them live next to microwave lasagne and bottles of wine. "
