A Gallery of Rogues Quotes

“Shenanigan could have gone to the city to seek her fortune anywhere, but like so many classic fairy-tale heroes, she had gone to Paris.”
― Beth Lincoln, A Gallery of Rogues

“We built through invasion and war, theft and murder, plague and the sacking of empires, until our cities were graveyards, and our mouths were graveyards, and our speech is the speech of the dead.”
― Beth Lincoln, A Gallery of Rogues

“Shenanigan watched Beige firmly lead her charge away, and was seized with an urge to protect the old woman. From what, she wasn’t sure, but the conversation between Beige and Soufflé had made it sound as if they were conspiring to keep their mother in the dark. Literally. Surely Grisaille deserved to know if their livelihood was in danger? And did she think Bernard had just dropped dead of boredom?”
― Beth Lincoln, A Gallery of Rogues

“When Shenanigan broke the surface again, she had a gold coin as thick as a gingersnap clutched in her fist.”
― Beth Lincoln, A Gallery of Rogues