Whiskerella Quotes

“Is your mom afraid something will happen to you?”
“I,” said Harriet, with absolute confidence, “am something that happens to OTHER people.”
― Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella

“Oh, don’t worry about me,” said the ambassador. “I haven’t had this much fun since the Duchess of Umberwall went sleepwalking in the middle of a battlefield and beat the enemy champion in her nightgown.”
Harriet made a mental note to get to know the Duchess of Umberwall immediately.”
― Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella

“Fortunately, at that point Mumfrey”
― Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

“You’re not beautiful!” blurted Harriet. “And you’re not tactful, Princess,” said Whiskerella dryly. “I can maybe do something with my hair, but I think you’re stuck.”
― Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

“Harriet groaned, her visions of Genghis Prawn slipping away. “But you always told me to be myself!” “Yes,” said her mother. “You should be yourself. It’s just that when you are being yourself, it can be very alarming for innocent bystanders, and the stories tend to grow a bit when they’re repeated. So this way, we’ll all be masked and the princes can get to know you without your—ah—reputation preceding you. And if you hit it off with some nice young prince, by the time of the unmasking, the stories won’t matter at all!” Harriet felt that on some level this was completely wrong. But she also knew that there was no point in arguing when her mother had this look in her eye.”
― Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

“She detested the princes cordially, because she had asked them for help long ago when the hamster kingdom had been trapped under a spell of sleep, and they had laughed at her. (Her mother insisted on the ‘cordial’ part. Harriet would have preferred to detest them actively, possibly with screaming, but since their parents ruled neighbouring kingdoms, this was not considered diplomatic.)”
― Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella

“Wilbur sighed. He was not by nature a sarcastic hamster, but Harriet brought out some of his snarkier qualities. He still wasn’t sure if that was a good thing.”
― Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

“she had asked them for help long ago when the hamster kingdom had been trapped under a spell of sleep, and they had laughed at her. (Her mother insisted on the “cordial” part. Harriet would have preferred to detest them actively, possibly with screaming, but since their parents ruled neighboring kingdoms, this was not considered diplomatic.)”
― Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

“The hamster queen, looking around the room, declared “I am going to bed” in much the same tones that one would declare war on a rival nation.”
― Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella

“Is your mom afraid something will happen to you?" "I," said Harriet, with absolute confidence, "am something that happens to other people.”
― Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella