Sign in with Facebook
Blue in the Face Quotes
Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
by
Gerry Swallow100 ratings, 3.86 average rating, 25 reviews
Open Preview
Blue in the Face Quotes
Showing 1-5 of 5
“On her first day of school a small group of children, led by the always-catty Sofia Jean Fleener, began needling her about her pudgy arms and her overly round face. When she replied with a lispy, "Thticks and thtones may break my boneth," Sofia Jean pounced upon that as well, and Elspeth did what many children might do in that situation. She cried.
The next day, the teasing began anew, but this time Elspeth did not cry. Instead, she made a split-second decision to punch Sofia Jean firmly in the solar plexus, while the other children looked on in horror. This time Sofia Jean was the one doing all the crying, and Elspeth decided right then and there that she much preferred this result to the previous day's outcome.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
The next day, the teasing began anew, but this time Elspeth did not cry. Instead, she made a split-second decision to punch Sofia Jean firmly in the solar plexus, while the other children looked on in horror. This time Sofia Jean was the one doing all the crying, and Elspeth decided right then and there that she much preferred this result to the previous day's outcome.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
“Burned?" said Elspeth. "By who?"
"Whom," came a deep voice from above.
Elspeth glanced up to see, sitting on a branch of a maple tree, a large gray owl. "An owl who says whom? Seriously?"
"Only when it's appropriate," said the owl.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
"Whom," came a deep voice from above.
Elspeth glanced up to see, sitting on a branch of a maple tree, a large gray owl. "An owl who says whom? Seriously?"
"Only when it's appropriate," said the owl.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
“This was not just any urn. It was a cremation urn, housing the powdered remains of Mrs. Pule's mother Wanda, a woman so mean and nasty that she had it put in writing that upon her death she wished to be cremated and have her ashes scattered over people who had annoyed her.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch an ogre by the toe,
When he hollers, make him pay,
For his awful, wicked ways.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
Catch an ogre by the toe,
When he hollers, make him pay,
For his awful, wicked ways.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
“Old King Krool was a nasty old fool,
And a nasty old fool was he.
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for the cancellation of all federal holidays,
Including Christmas, Easter, and St. Crispin's Day,
And the execution of all enemies of the Crown,
Both foreign and domestic, including,
But not limited to, his fiddlers three.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
And a nasty old fool was he.
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for the cancellation of all federal holidays,
Including Christmas, Easter, and St. Crispin's Day,
And the execution of all enemies of the Crown,
Both foreign and domestic, including,
But not limited to, his fiddlers three.”
― Blue in the Face: A Story of Risk, Rhyme, and Rebellion
