The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal Quotes

“We would get to know St Mary’s better in the future, but at that point in our lives, we regarded them as just a bunch of unstable but not too dangerous eccentrics who could be safely ignored.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“The Institute of Historical Research at St Mary’s comprised a bunch of lunatics who – far from being academically minded historians spending their days peacefully perusing ancient documents and arguing over the fate of the Princes in the Tower – were, in reality, a bunch of complete disaster magnets who could set fire to water.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“Did you ever think . . . ?’ ‘What?’ ‘When you tried to steal my diamonds . . .’ ‘I didn’t try,’ he said, quite offended. ‘I did steal your diamonds.’ ‘And then gave them back.’ ‘Yeah. Don’t tell people that. Bad for my image.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“Two shallow steps led to the bedroom, which I kept simple and quiet, but the bathroom was the last word in opulent luxury. Especially the wallpaper. Pink and gold flamingos strutted their stuff around jade foliage and turquoise pools. Gold taps – not real gold, sadly – and huge, fluffy pink towels completed the look. I fully intended to spend every non-working moment in there. Pennyroyal, I suspected, slept in a coffin.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“Your true listener stares at the kitchen table with never a flicker of expression.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“at what point on the social scale is it acceptable for a woman to report domestic abuse?”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

“We would get to know St Mary’s better in the future, but at that point in our lives, we regarded them as just a bunch of unstable but not too dangerous eccentrics who could be safely ignored. As I said to Pennyroyal later, the august firm of Smallhope and Pennyroyal didn’t get much wrong, but when we did, it turned out to be a doozy.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal