Jolly Foul Play Quotes

“It is funny how public the English are about disliking their families, even when it is not really true. Love is a secret to them, hate, far less so.”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“I was so angry that I only thought about the sticky toffee pudding twice on the way out.”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“They made us all so miserable that even the nicest girls began to argue and snipe at each other horribly”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“(you see, not all of our Big Girls go to university. Most are only presented at Court and go on to marry Lords with no chins).”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“omnipotent,”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“bound by bells and bedtimes;”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“Montefiore,”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“it is no good being nice if the people you are being nice to are not nice themselves.”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play

“bonfire, the field was dark, little tendrils of fog drifting through the crowd. I could only dimly make out the shadow of the pavilion behind the fire, and the girls crowding in front of it looked like scribbles on a page. I could not even see the trees on the far edge of the pitch that led into Oakeshott Woods, although I knew they were there. I breathed out and my breath misted in front of me.”
― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play