Nine Goblins Quotes

“Smart goblins became mechanics. Dumb goblins became soldiers. Really dumb goblins became officers.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“The bear not only had a set of stripes sewn on his arm, it was possibly the first teddy-bear in history to have received a medal for service to the elven nation.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“Travelling through thick woods with a troop of goblins is not unlike a nature hike with a group of grumpy toddlers with weapons.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“All you had were pigs and enthusiasm. It’s not your fault.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“She had presumably decided that the problem was the village, and if everybody in the village was gone, they would have to bring John back to take care of her. It was the sort of plan a child would come up with—simple, self-centered, and utterly heartless.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“Tastes like rat squeezins' with too much honey.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“Traveling through thick woods with a troop of goblins is not unlike a nature hike with a group of grumpy toddlers with weapons.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief

“The destructive capacity of small cute animals was really quite astonishing.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief

“War is just not efficient.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“Also, the wizard’s response to having a skeletal deer leap in front of him and a bruised and whimpering elf fall off its back was to say, “Oh.” That”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins

“On the other hand, if you didn’t see things were done right, it’d get done badly, and watching the resulting inefficiency was like being poked repeatedly in a sore tooth. It galled at her.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief

“Being the sergeant was thankless, and they didn’t pay you very much more, and when something went wrong, you were the one that had to fix things. Responsibility was lousy.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief