The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone Quotes

“We needed fish, really, but I could not speak Fish.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“All books have magical properties.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“I was still seeing pirates in my old way, as almost-imaginary, adventure-story people with parrots on their shoulders, rather than the kind who shoot cannons at parents.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“My parents had sent me on this journey to have adventures - small adventures, such as dining alone and trying out new foods, and bigger adventures with elves, a boy with no shoes, water sprites, Spellbinders, and dragons. They had sent me on this journey to hear my aunts tell stories about my parents themselves - reading Faery books, stealing cinnamon, eating spicy foods, turning cartwheels in forests - a basketful of memories to comfort me. Now I soared through the air, my heart glowing golden, and a thought flung itself at me. I have never been so happy. ”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“Their chairs were huge and soft, the kind that swivel and make squelching noises whenever you shift your behind. Aunt Isabelle and I had regular, hard-backed chairs. So at first, I didn’t concentrate on what the lawyers were saying because I felt too angry about this. Why didn’t we have the soft, fun, swivelling chairs?”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“He was a goat.’ ‘A goat!”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“and the Butler gave her a ride back to the apartment in a wheelbarrow. She did not laugh so much as wince and be pale.)”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“Aunt Isabelle fractured her ankle once while gardening,”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“Your friend is wrongly accused!”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“Or get the gun!”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

“The point is, I was going to get a gun and that’s why”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone