I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they’d been spanked.
I keep forgetting that you're not as empty headed as most princesses.
He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.
Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists.
Must tell them sometime, Alethia said. I would rather get it over with now. And they are conveniently on our doorstep.
Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.
The jelly burbled unhappily to itself. It looked as if it were boiling. The little dragon kept staring at it, and suddenly the dragon’s eyes started to glow. I know what this reminds me of! it said tr...
Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.
Seriously, if you really, truly don’t understand basic terminology (which was at least half my problem with the adult-level beginner books), the children’s section is the place to go.
It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they...
Except you.The revelation was so blindingly sudden the words almost slipped out, and she had to bit her tongue and look away. pg 391, A Matter of Magic
Come one, come all! Prepare to be amazed by the one, the only - Mairelon the Magician!
Obawiam się, że lustro nie wymaga żadnych korekt – oświadczył z niezwykłą dla niego delikatnością. – Z zaklęciem jest wszystko w porządku, powinno też być kompatybilne z lustrem zamkowym. Problem pole...
You’d think they’d been raised in a palace for all the manners they have. If they’re princes, they probably have been raised in palaces, Mendanbar said. Princes usually are. Well, no wonder none of th...
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.
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, yo...
Men can be such provoking creatures. One would think the entire world and everything in it were made only for their enjoyment and approval.
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?
William! I turned smiling. Did they send you over? William shook his head. They're still arguing, and it's spreading. Your professor has opinions. I rolled my eyes, because it was William. She's from...
The Marquis of Harsfield Lord Franton, arrived after you left. Lady Endall said with some satisfaction. He said he wished to be presented to Kim, and was quite dissapointed to find she was not there.H...