Juniper’s Christmas Quotes

“Technically, sir, I, Tomescu, did the stopping and the healing. You provided the brute force, and I focused it. You were the mighty river, and I was the dam. You were the pot of thick, gloopy paint, and I was the artist. You were the bucket of manure, and I was the mechanical spreader.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“It was at this point that the polar magic worked its way through the reindeer's limbs and into the tree itself, casting an orange glow over the entire cedar. And, to complete the seasonal picture, Blixxen's internal thermometer decided that the reindeer was overheating and opted to release heat through the extremely dense array of blood vessels in the reindeer's noise, a release that caused the nose to glow red.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“The noise of Blixxen galloping seemed to be shaking the trees, and Niko couldn't help but be reminded of that scene in the classic dinosaur movie where the T. rex was hunting a human, but he tried to banish that particular set of images because it hadn't ended well for the human.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“I'd better find old Blixxen in case he tramples a fox," said Niko to the other reindeer he knew were watching. "Sometimes I think I should have left you fellows in the North Pole."
This was not a thought that Niko had ever actually seriously entertained. Reindeer have a very special magical bond with their own Santa Claus. Niko could no more leave them behind then he could leave one of his own limbs.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“cathedral boat”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“People can have more than one soulmate,” said Sarika softly. “Most people never find one person; you found two.”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

“People are not born mean, and usually the journey from kind to mean is a long and tortuous one filled with harsh life lessons,”
― Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas