The Far West Quotes

“It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West

“Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West

“I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they’d been spanked.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West

“William!" I turned smiling. "Did they send you over?"
William shook his head. "They're still arguing, and it's spreading. Your professor has opinions."
I rolled my eyes, because it was William. "She's from Vinland. As far as she's concerned, wildlife is something you shoot first and study later. She's been complaining about the menagerie animals since the day she got to Mill City, especially this one.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West

“He's a lot bigger now," William commented as he stepped forward to study the beast.
"Big and mean, one of the soldiers muttered.
"He's not mean," I said firmly. "He's half wild. There's a difference.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West

“Bureaucrats!" Professor Torgeson said, like it was a really bad word, and her Vinland accent got thicker, the way it always did when she got angry.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, The Far West