Princess Juniper of Torr Quotes

“Might I have a very small country for my birthday?”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“Maybe it took going away before you could properly find your true home.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“It can take time to grow a dream, Juniper thought. but every hard step along the way is worth it when the bloom springs to life at last.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“And was the story truly sad, when followed through to its end?”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“She'd had enough of being a queen for just this moment. Today, she was happy being just a princess, a cousin, and a friend.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“A lavish breakfast buffet was set out in the dining room: quails' eggs fire-roasted in their shells; soft cheeses whipped to fine peaks and served on wispy crackers; delicate rose petal jelly and carmine berry cobbler.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“Hostile takeovers could be so awkward!”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“Fighting meant that there were enough people free and alive to fight. And as Juniper herself had learned, the newly freed had an extra vigor for battle that was all their own. Desperation is a fiery thing, driving people to heights they'd otherwise think impossible.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“The next ten minutes or so passed in tense silence, as the clatter of the approaching army mounted ever louder in their ears. Juniper stood at the front center of the stage, trying to look tall and stern and regal. In truth, she knew that she looked short and scrubby, about as un royal as humanly possible in her chopped-off hair and sweat-stained britches.
But attitude? That she could put out in wagonloads.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“Juniper clenched her fists. It wasn't fair. Why should deception and betrayal and scheming machinations win the day? Why not truth loyalty and hard work?”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“So much bulk often hung upon the thinnest of spines. All Juniper could do was set the body in motion and hope that the rest would follow in due time.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“But if we're not here to do what needs doing, then what is the point of us? I won't take unnecessary risk, Your Very Juniperest, but we're all here to save the day. And sometimes, the day just won't save itself without our giving it a good shove.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“We're in the uphill part . . . That horrible, slow gathering climb. But once we reach the peak and get ourselves together, we're going to get some speed on the down-go that'll whip your hair straight back, mark my words.”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“good intentions don't pave roads”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr

“I'm not sure violence needs a point . . . . Sometimes it's just muscle flexing. A reminder to the weaker party of who's in charge”
― Ammi-Joan Paquette, Princess Juniper of Torr