A School for Unusual Girls Quotes

“And I learned all those many years ago to stop listening to what people said, and listen instead to what they mean. Some people speak with honey and intend to serve us poison. You, my lord, speak with thorns but yearn for cake.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“"You're here because you're odd. Exceptional Unrelenting, Jane followed me to the edge of the circle. "You're unusual, Georgiana. And that is far more dangerous than any fire." ”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“Joy means so much more when shared with you.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“I picked up a small square shortbread biscuit and stared at it, noting the uneven angles, wishing it were a perfect square, but it was, after all, merely a baked good, and baked goods did not ordinarily form perfect squares.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“Why must people always assume we moderns knew more than any of the previous cultures? It simply isn't true, evidence proves otherwise.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“I wasn’t certain Sebastian’s teasing was the same. It felt different somehow. Sera clarified, “That’s the way men are.” Jane”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“I’m not an infant, Georgie.”
“I can see that.” His bedclothes left little to the imagination.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“Thank you. You’ve made me feel like Cinderella.” Except she hadn’t put thousands of lives in danger.
“This is no fairy tale.” Jane closed the bag and frowned. “It’s more like you’re Cassandra running to warn the Trojans about the big wooden horse full of soldiers who plan to burn the city.” She pressed the bag into my hand. “Let us hope you have better luck than she did.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

“Mr. Fitzwilliam, you may leave your daughter with me under one condition. You must grant me authority in all matters pertaining to her welfare, financially and otherwise. Should I decide to lock her in a closet with only bread and water for sustenance, I will not tolerate any complains or –“
“Heavens, no. You can’t do that.” Mother swished her hand through the air as if swatting away the idea. “It won’t work. Don’t you think we would’ve tried something so simple? It’s no use. You can’t leave her in solitude to think. She’ll simply concoct more mischief while she’s locked up. You’ll have to come up with something more inventive than that.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls