Physik Quotes

“Septimus was suddenly horribly afraid that the Antidote would not work. He glanced nervously at Marcia, who whispered, "It will work, Septimus. You must believe in it."
Physik isn't like Magyk," said Septimus unhappily. "It doesn't matter whether you expect it to work or not. Either it does or it doesn't."
"I doubt that very much," said Marcia. "A little belief in something always helps.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Been having a fight with your blankets, Septimus?" A familiar voice echoed down the chimney. "Looks like you lost," the voice continued with a chuckle. "Not wise to take on a pair of blankets, lad. One, maybe, but two blankets always gang up on you. Vicious things, blankets. ”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“A Magnificent Banquet, being
A Thanksgiving for the Safe Return
Of our Beloved Daughter,
Princess Esmeralda.
Bring your own plates.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Deluxe version?” asked Gringe. “Deluxe version,” agreed Silas. “And no mini-crocodiles?” “No mini-crocodiles.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“You may send as many bills as you wish, Miss Djinn. The nights are drawing in, and I shall take great pleasure in lighting the fire with them.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Tis like unto a tinker’s bazaar, which is where I trow thou dost buy thy gold trifles and trinkets with which thee doth rattle like a broken cart.” Marcellus Pye looked hurt at his mother’s insults.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Alice was nettled.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Wolf Boy thought he wouldn’t know one notice from another. And anyway, what was a Quarantine? Wolf Boy imagined a horrible monster,”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Come on, hurry up,” Marcia snapped impatiently at the spiral stairs. Taking her at her word, the stairs sped up to double daytime speed,”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“I imagine you’ll have to wake up Catchpole first, Marcia,” Alther commented. “Catchpole’s on night duty, Alther. He’s been awake all night.” “Funny habit he’s got, that Catchpole,” said Alther pensively, “of snoring while he’s awake. You’d think he’d find it irritating, wouldn’t you?”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“So he just sits here staring into his beer.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Been having a fight with your blankets, Septimus?” A familiar voice echoed down the chimney. “Looks like you lost,” the voice continued with a chuckle. “Not wise to take on a pair of blankets, lad. One, maybe, but two blankets always gang up on you. Vicious things, blankets.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Because I am your great-great-great-great-great-great-sgreat-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Grandmother. But you may call me Grandmama.” “Grandmama!” said Jenna, aghast.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Jenna liked her own company and she loved wandering around the Palace, especially at night when candles cast great shadows across the corridors”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“A little belief in something always helps.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Because I am your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Grandmother. But”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Once she was safely in the Unstable Potions and Partikular Poisons cupboard,”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Not to mention the fact that it was making horrible dents in her best Chinese carpet.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Oh, Septimus, Septimus!” She swept up the emerging Septimus into her arms and swung him around, much to his complete amazement,”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Methinks thou art a Laggard with the Truth, Marcellus. Thou wert always a deceitful child.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Anxious to oblige the frightening new Steward and his sidekicks, many people gave them completely fictitious directions, and the search party was sent on a wild goose chase.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“There were no Spirit-Seers among the guests that night to see the battered old ghost, armor in tatters but his broken sword held high,”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Do you have a Boggart?” she asked Broda. Broda looked surprised. “You want a Boggart?”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Nicko smiled and held out his hand. “Come on, Snorri,” he said. “Let’s go find her. She can’t be far.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“As Alther lay dusty and trampled on the floor, Spit Fyre ripped into the ebony chest that the ghost had been sitting”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Oh, I so miss Sep, he used to tell me so much stuff about all sorts of useless things…”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Alther smiled. He liked the sound of “Alther and I” and he liked the way Alice considered his concerns to be hers too.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, tea, or dinner. Spit Fyre didn’t mind what it was called as long as he could eat it.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“Get the dragon, kill the dragon, kill, kill, kill!”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“silent when Jenna put her hand on the dragon, but not today. The sounds of the RatStranglers systematically ramming the boatyard door filled the air.”
― Angie Sage, Physik