The Dance in the Dark Quotes

“It's an honour to meet you, Aunt Sara."
...
"Now," she said, "I must tell you the truth about your mother... She named you Scarlet and Ivy... like we were Sara and Ida. S and I together once more. She never forgot me.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“We’ll go to America and we’ll be famous, because we’re twins.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“It's fishy," Ivy said.
"More than fishy. It's like a whole shark." - Scarlet”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“No matter what happens, I told myself, you have your twin and your best friend beside you.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“expression”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“Chapter One”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“IVY”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“And then she quietly said, “I pushed her off the stage. I was the one who broke Miss Finch’s leg.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“Do I need to remind Mummy of the petunias? - Ariadne, to her father”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“You're my twin. You have to be up there with me. You remember the deal, don't you?" - Scarlet
"We'll go to America and we'll be famous, because we're twins." - Ivy”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“Oh for goodness' sake," my twin snapped. "I have better things to do with my time than concoct elaborate schemes to insult Penny. I'll just insult her to her face, thank you very much.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“I think it's important that everyone knows how different things are these days." - Mrs Knight
"You mean now that headteachers aren't trying to murder us anymore?" - Scarlet”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark

“Ivy... I am utterly bored... For goodness' sake, let something interesting be announced this assembly." - Scarlet
"Like what?" - Ivy
"Perhaps an untimely death." - Nadia”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Dance in the Dark