West of Wicked Quotes

“It’s the fourth and fifth I always find sickeningly sentimental for a witch who helped overthrow the royal court. The fourth portrait is an oil painting of the former queen of Oz. The fifth is a painting of Princess Ozma, all but two years old in a dress of blue and gold, a curl of dark hair at the crown of her head.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, West of Wicked

“What kind of darkness is this?” One of the men steps forward. He has short black hair and, deep brown eyes, and wears overalls with stitched-on patches in a rainbow of colors. “It’s the Great and Terrible Curse. It’s a dark cloud that settled over the land many years ago.” “Is it daytime then?” I glance over at him and he gives me a nod.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, West of Wicked

“And it’s only then that I see in color.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, West of Wicked

“It’s jarring to think about how close we exist to beauty and danger.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, West of Wicked