Airs Above the Ground Quotes

“Merde, alors,’ said the parrot, muffled.”
― Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground

“This is a smashing place, isn't it? But I must say it scares me a bit. Do you suppose one dares to ask for tea?'

'I expect so, though heaven knows how. Perhaps you blow a peal on a slughorn, or beat on your shield with your sword -- or, I'll tell you what, if you look around you'll find a long embroidered tassel, and if you pull it you'll hear a bell clanging hollowly in some dark corridor a million miles away, and then some bent old servitor will come shuffling in--'

'There's a telephone by the bed,' said Timothy.

'Good heavens, so there is. How disappointing.”
― Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground

“The best of all our actions tend
To the preposterousest end. Samuel Butler: Satire upon
the Weakness and Misery of Man”
― Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground