The Lights Under the Lake Quotes

“You could fight the world, or you could try to change it.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery

“Nothing is heavy for those who have wings’.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“If she’s not lying,” said Scarlet, “then I’m the Queen of Sheba.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery

“Ariadne looked fascinated, wordlessly snapping away with her camera.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“I am Lady Rose Fitzwarren! ... And I would rather that NOBODY had the family fortune than see a MONSTER like you take one penny of it! - Rose”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

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― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“There were still some silvery clouds, but the sky was blue behind them, and the sun was shimmering on the water.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“I wasn’t hugely enthusiastic about the idea. “It’s a horse,” I kept saying. “They’re big and angry. I don’t think they want me to sit on them.” Ariadne, on the other hand, was overjoyed. “Oh, goody!” she kept saying, clapping her hands. “Ever since Daddy sold Oswald I haven’t been able to go riding. This will be such fun!” It had cheered Rose up as well. At the mere mention of the word ‘horse’ she had dried her tears and was looking a lot more eager. “I’ll help,” she whispered, and suddenly she had pulled her boots on and dashed off out of the door. “Help with what?” Ivy said after her. “Preparing the horses for the ride, I suppose,” Ariadne said. “Fetching their tack and grooming them and so on. I think she does that a lot at school.” I peered down at my suitcase and realised another problem – we didn’t own any trousers. I definitely didn’t fancy riding side-saddle. “Oh, look,” I said. “We don’t have any trousers. So we probably can’t go anyway. Such a shame.” “You can both borrow some of mine!” Ariadne said cheerily. I gave up and flopped on to the bed. It looked like I wasn’t getting out of this one. We went down to the courtyard once we were dressed, me trudging reluctantly and Ivy doing her best to look like she wasn’t doing the same.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“She stepped down on to the drive, took the camera out of the case round her neck and pointed it at us. “Smile!”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“reached for one of Ariadne’s many candles, standing in a holder next to the bed. There was a matchbook”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“Nothings heavy for those who have wings”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“But I grabbed her, then suddenly realised that Scarlet was beside me, her hair flowing around her face. Together we took hold of Rose and kicked upwards as”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery

“I don’t think she’d want to open her purse strings if we were starving on the streets, let alone to send us on a school trip.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery

“We didn’t have the heart to wake her for lunch, so we decided we’d bring her up some food. This time the dining hall was actually open, and we all helped ourselves to cheese and ham sandwiches.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“skin prickle,”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“decided quite quickly that I didn’t like caving. It was dark and wet and cold and, worst of all, claustrophobic.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“while Miss Bowler (to my amusement) was wearing a sort of frilly pink nightdress. I had never seen anything more unlikely.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake

“Shut up,” Elsie snapped back. “OK, everyone!”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery

“carlet and I were a team that couldn’t be broken. She was my twin; my reflection in the mirror; the other side of the same coin.”
― Sophie Cleverly, The Lights Under the Lake: A Scarlet and Ivy Mystery