How the Marquis Got His Coat Back Quotes

“Beg for mercy,” said the Elephant.
That one was easy. “Mercy!” said the Marquis. “I beg! I plead! Show me mercy—the finest of all gifts. It befits you, mighty Elephant, as lord of your own demesne, to be merciful to one who is not even fit to wipe the dust from your excellent toes …”
“Did you know,” said the Elephant, “that everything you say sounds sarcastic?”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“The Marquis de Carabas liked being who he was, and when he took risks he liked them to be calculated risks, and he was someone who double-and triple-checked his calculations. He”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“He stopped for a moment, and he thought about people, and about things, and about how hard it is to do anything for the first time.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“The Marquis had known whom he had wanted not to be, when he was a boy. He had definitely not wanted to be like Peregrine. He had not wanted to be like anyone at all. He had, instead, wanted to be elegant, elusive, brilliant and, above all things, he had wanted to be unique.
Just like Peregrine.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“There was a low rumbling. “I’m going to kill somebody,” said the Elephant. “As soon as I figure out who.”
“Whoa, dear heart,” said the Marquis, rubbing his hands together. “You mean whom.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“The paths of London Below are not the paths of London Above: they rely to no little extent on things like belief and opinion and tradition as much as they rely upon the realities of maps. De”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“Quando você se reinventa do zero, precisa de algum modelo, algo em que se inspirar ou do qual se distanciar o máximo possível - todas as coisas que ele queria ou não queria ser.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“The Marquis de Carabas did not trust people. It was bad for business and it could set an unfortunate precedent. He did not trust his friends or his occasional lovers, and he certainly never trusted his employers.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

“The Marquis had known whom he had wanted not to be, when he was a boy. He had definitely not wanted to be like Peregrine. He had not wanted to be like anyone at all. He had, instead, wanted to be elegant, elusive, brilliant and, above all things, he had wanted to be unique. Just like Peregrine.”
― Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back