The Hidden Gallery Quotes

“[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off bridges while tied to a bungee, killing imaginary zombies with imaginary weapons, and so forth. But in Miss Penelope Lumley's day, it was universally understood that there is nothing like a nice cup of tea to settle one's nerves in the aftermath of an adventure- a practice many would find well worth reviving.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“But when the seesaw of good fortune sinks downward for one person, it is very often on its way up for someone else. This little-known law of physics is called the Fulcrum of Fortune, and although most people prefer to think of fortune as a wheel that spins, the fulcrum (that is, seesaw) is a more accurate depiction for most of us, since the worse our own luck becomes, the more likely we are to notice the good fortune of those around us and brood about the injustice of it all.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Of course we will send postcards to Nutsawoo. And we shall bring him back a present as well. In fact,' she went on, with the instinctive knack every good governess has for turning something enjoyable into a lesson, and vice versa, 'I will expect all three of you to practice your writing by keeping a journal of our trip so that Nutsawoo may know how we spend our days. Why, by the time we return, he will think he has been to London himself! He will be the envy of all his little squirrel friends,' she declared.

Penelope had no way of knowing if this last statement was true. Could squirrels feel envy? Would they give two figs about London? Did Nutsawoo even have friends?”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“An open mind lets ideas out, as well as in" -Agatha Swanburne”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions" -Agatha Swanburne”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“You're not where you were, and you're not where you're going. You're here, so pay attention!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Feeling one ought to apologize is not quite the same thing as saying 'I am sorry' " -Penelope”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“When things are looking up, there's no point in looking elsewhere" -Agatha Swanburne”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Navigation, you see, is not just a problem for sailors. Everyone must go adventuring sooner or later, yet finding one's way home is not easy. Just like the North Star and all its whirling, starry brethren, a person's idea of where 'home' is remains in perpetual motion, one's whole life long.

Home was more than a house, even if the house was very grand.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“True optimism, as Agatha Swanburne defined it, is the habit of expecting happy endings in a way that keeps one cheerfully working to make them come true.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Within reason" is not the sort of place one can easily find on a map; in fact, its location may vary considerably from one day to the next.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Beowulf’s picture was far more elaborate than those of his siblings, and it did need a bit more work coloring in the background, but the gist of it was on full, frightening view. In the sky: a full moon, its eerie glow partially obscured by dark, swirling clouds. In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward. In the center of the page: an old woman, wrapped in a cloak. Her mouth hung open in a leering smile, and her teeth were large and razor sharp, with a prominent set of gleaming white incisors. From the back of her shroudlike garments poked a long, wolfish tail. Cassiopeia and Alexander clapped and barked with admiration, but Penelope’s skin went cold.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“There is a charming little bakery down the street, called the Charming Little Bakery.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“They disrupted the performance”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Agatha Swanburne once said, “To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions”)—”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“The Hawaiian shirts fairly scream to be put on,”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Bouncy beds!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“What does it mean, Simawoo?”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Thankawoo for yum-yum Gypsy cakes,”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Do you know the Muffawoo? The Muffawoo, the Muffawoo! Do you know the Muffawoo, Who lives on Drury Lane?”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“No nap! Mew-eezum!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Lumawoo apples, la la la!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Bubble apples, bubble apples!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Apples, apples, apples.” Cassiopeia sang along”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“popping a wheelawooo”),”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“educashawoo,”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Thankawoo very much.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Messy apples!” she said, indicating Penelope’s head.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery

“Ah-whoops!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Hidden Gallery