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Once Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #1) Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
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“Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
tags: humor
“Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not. ”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
tags: dogs
“She said, "As long as we're with each other--"
"We know we're in exactly the right place," he finished.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“Rats. Rats, mice, and rodents.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“Sometimes things that seem like good ideas in theory, in practice turn out to be the worst kinds of boneheaded blunders.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“His recent dungeon experience had persuaded him that opportunites for good things should be grabbed and not postponed. You never knew when you wouldn't be around anymore.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“As it so often does, an impulsive, daring suddenly - and too late - seemed seriously flawed in its conception and its inability to be retracted.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“I know it looks bad right now-"
"Bad?" Ed said. "You know that saying about how it's always darkest just after the lights go out? That's what it looks like to me.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“He was tall, dark, and handsome in his black-and-silver finery, walking as if he owned the world. Only his quick blink and the worried pucker between his eyebrows gave away the fact that he knew he didn't - not even a little piece of it.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“If you don't like it out there, you know the door is always open to you." Because they lived in a cave, the door was always open to everyone, but neither of htem mentioned that. They both knew what Ed meant.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“In the next few minutes, both of them sensed the false cheerfulness that came from trying to reassure the other in the face of real doubts. But they each were still glad they ahd someone to be falsely cheerful for.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“Trolls have to speand at least one hundred years of hteir lives in a cave; did you know that? It's a tradition. I've been here, oh, must be one undred and seventeen years now.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
“Edric knew he should head for home. It would be dark soon, and even though he was as familiar with his part of the forest as he was with the back and the front of his hand, there were dangers when the lights went out—wild animals, evil spirits, big glowing eyes attached to who-knew-what, stuff like that.”
Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold