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“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nodcocks!”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Magician's Ward

“Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

“Well, it doesn't sound particularly noble and knightly to say you've rescued the Chief Cook and Librarian, does it? And it has cut down on the number of interruptions. I used to get two or three knights a day, and now there's only about one a week. And the ones who do come are at least smart enough to figure out that I'm still a princess even if the dragons call me Chief Cook”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Searching for Dragons

“I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Magician's Ward

“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

“No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected.

"Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make cherries jubillee and I volunteer for dragons, and I conjugate Latin verbs-- or at least I would if anyone would let me. So there!”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

“They always do the same thing - come in, ask for a meal, hide, and then run off with a harp or a bag full of money the minute I fall asleep,' Dobbilan said. 'And they're always named Jack. Always. We've lived in this castle for twenty years, and every three months, regular as clockwork, one of those boys shows up, and there's never been a Tom, Dick, or Harry among 'em. Just Jacks. The English have no imagination.”
― Patricia Wrede, Searching for Dragons

“Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Magician's Ward

“There is nothing that is quite so reassuring in an awkward situation as knowing that one is well turned-out, and while I hope I am not so fainthearted as to require such stratagems, I am not so foolish as to overlook their value.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.”
― Patricia C. Wrede

“Well?' Jasper said when Mairelon did not reply. 'Who are you?'
'No, no,' Mairelon said. 'I asked you first. I also, if you recall, asked how you found this place and what you intend to do here, and you haven't told me that, either.'
'We might ask you the same thing,' Jasper retorted.
'You might, but I don't recommend it,' Mairelon said. 'You'll get a reputation as a poor conversationalist if you all can do is repeat what other people say to you.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Mairelon the Magician

“Master Richard!â€� Hunch’s voice was not loud, but it expressed volumes of scandalized disapproval.
Mairelon paused and looked up. “What is it?�
“You ain’t going to just—� Hunch stopped and looked at Kim. “Not with ‘er standing there!�
“Oh, is that all that’s bothering you?� Mairelon looked at Kim and grinned. “Turn your back, child; you’re offending Hunch’s proprieties.�
Kim flushed, as much from surprise as embarrassment, and turned away. “I ain’t no child,� she muttered under her breath.
“Under the circumstances, that’s so much the worse,â€� Mairelon replied cheerfully.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Mairelon the Magician

“May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

“The King and Queen did the best they could. They hired the most superior tutors and governesses to teach Cimorene all the things a princess ought to knowâ€� dancing, embroidery, drawing, and etiquette. There was a great deal of etiquette, from the proper way to curtsy before a visiting prince to how loudly it was permissible to scream when being carried off by a giant. (...)

Cimorene found it all very dull, but she pressed her lips together and learned it anyway. When she couldn’t stand it any longer, she would go down to the castle armory and bully the armsmaster into giving her a fencing lesson. As she got older, she found her regular lessons more and more boring. Consequently, the fencing lessons became more and more frequent.

When she was twelve, her father found out.

“Fencing is not proper behavior for a princess,� he told her in the gentle-but-firm tone recommended by the court philosopher.

Cimorene tilted her head to one side. “Why not?�

“It’s ... well, it’s simply not done.�

Cimorene considered. “Aren’t I a princess?�

“Yes, of course you are, my dear,� said her father with relief. He had been bracing himself for a storm of tears, which was the way his other daughters reacted to reprimands.

“Well, I fence,â€� Cimorene said with the air of one delivering an unshakable argument. “So it is too done by a princess.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

“I see you've decided to take my advice after all, Richard." Lady Wendall's amused voice said from somewhere above and behind him. "Marrying your ward is *exactly* the sort of usual scandal I had in mind: I wonder it didn't occur to me before.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

“Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Thirteenth Child

“She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Mislaid Magician; or, Ten Years After

“And on top of everything, Mairelon hadn't even said she looked nice.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

“Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Calling on Dragons

“You don’t understand,â€� Mairelon said dully. “Kim doesn’t want to marry a toff.â€�
Was that what was bothering him? “Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nod cocks!� Kim said with as much indignation as she could muster. “I was talking about the marquis, not about you!�
Mairelon’s eyes kindled. “Then you would?�
“You’ve whiddled it,� Kim informed him.
As he kissed her again, she heard Mrs. Lowe murmur, “Mind your language, Kim,� and Shoreham say in an amused tone, “Yes, Your Grace, I believe that
was an affirmative answer.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

“Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.”
― Patricia C. Wrede

“If you're going to be rude, do it for a reason and get something from it.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Talking to Dragons

“I am determined to have the headache Thursday, if I have to hit myself with a rock to do it.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“Your levity is unbecoming, Richard, and not at all the point,' Mrs Lowe said, giving him a stern look.'In another week, the Season will be upon us, and as you have chosen to come to Town for once, I shall expect you to find a little more time for your social and family obligations.'
'Oh, you may expect whatever you like, Aunt.' Mairelon's tone was careless, but there was a set to his shoulders that told Kim he was not pleased.
'People are already arriving, and I fear there are quite a few who are...confused about your proper standing'
'I can't imagine why. I'm the least confusing person I know.”
― Patricia C Wrede

“Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“Buckets,' said Cimorene. 'Lots of buckets, and soap, and lemon juice. Where do you keep your buckets, Mendanbar?'
'Around somewhere,' Mendanbar said vaguely.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Searching for Dragons

“I refuse to let him hire a princess in disguise who's hoping to sneak into the next ball wearing a dress as shining as the stars so that Daystar will fall in love with her. Princesses are very persuasive, but most of them aren't much use in the kitchen."

Daystar blinked. "But Mother, we hardly ever have balls. And I really don't think I'd fall in love with someone just because she was wearing a fancy dress."

"Try and convince a princess of that.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Book of Enchantments

“If you brought me out driving just so you could insult me-"
"Oh, not just to insult you.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot