Syren Quotes

“Aunt Zelda had written her note on special paper that she had made from pressed cabbage leaves.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Miarr is descended from the Guardians of the Light, who in turn were descended from the mysterious Guardians of the Seas. It is not known where the cats came into the family tree.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Barney," she said, "would you like to help me look for a stupid giant banana?"
Barney grinned. "Ooh, yes please," he said.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“It is a little known fact that it takes an arthritic wolfhound exactly the same time to walk from the Palace Gate to the Wizard Tower as it takes a cohort of jinn to run the Ice Tunnel from the Observatory to the Wizard Tower.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Both Septimus and Beetle knew enough to recognize a jinnee when they saw one, and Wolf Boy knew quite enough to recognize something extremely weird.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Like an apologetic banana”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“There aren't any footprints to follow," said Septimus. "That's why I'm going last. To scruffle them."
"To what?" asked Beetle and Jenna.
"Technical term."
"Scruffle--a technical term?”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“You are going to have to scream. Can you do that?"
Lucy's eyes lit up. "Oh, yes. I can scream.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Cerys watched her open the door and struggle to squeeze inside.
"Zelda?" Cerys called.
"Yes?" puffed Aunt Zelda, poking her head out of the cupboard with some difficulty.
"It is possible to eat an Enlarging Spell without realising it, do you suppose?"
Aunt Zelda looked puzzled. "I shouldn't think so," she said. "Why?"
"No reason. I just wondered.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Merrin felt disappointed in his scent bottle. Just to make sure it really did smell so bad, he put the bottle right up to his left nostril and sniffed hard - and the jinnee was sucked up his nose. It was not a good moment for either of them.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Theodophilus Fortitude Fry”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“the mist felt oddly purposeful, as though it were on its way to an appointment.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“My dolphin”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“A crab!" yelled Lucy. "He can be a crab!"
Jim Knee gave Lucy a withering stare - a crab was little better than a turtle.
Septimus looked at Lucy in admiration.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Marcia listened to the comments and wondered why people thought that wearing ExtraOrdinary Wizard robes made her deaf.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“I'm stopping you," Lucy said, catching him and grabbing his arm. "You are not going to do anything so stupid… Look Septimus, you're clever. Even I know what those purple stripes on your sleeves mean, so - like Wolf Boy said - use your head.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Thank you very much, Miss Badger," she said. "I appreciate your honesty. I realise this may have put you in a difficult position here, but I trust you will not have any trouble." Marcia glared at Jillie Djinn. "However, if you do, there is always a place for you at the Wizard Tower.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“He was very impressed - and touched - by what he found. He realised that, during the dark winter evenings by the fire, when he had often talked about his time in the Young Army, Marcia had not only listened to his descriptions of the night exercises, she had remembered them.”
― Angie Sage, Syren