Magic Outside the Box Quotes

“All due respect’ was a wonderful expression because it didn’t specify how much respect was actually due. Could be none.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“I thought about begging for my life, but fortunately my partner took even further pity and slowed down as she navigated the many winding curves of the road. I only thrice feared we’d fall into the ocean—rather better than I expected, with her behind the wheel.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Seeing my shaking hands, Clint came over to curl up in my lap, his delicate paw stroking my chest in a “there, there” manner. Which was patently absurd. I refused to be comforted by that. He purred at me, the ridiculous creature, and I found myself petting him without making the conscious decision to do so. Which, of course, only made him purr louder.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Cold tea – is not a thing here. Kingston views cold tea the way the Brits back home think of cold tea. America, WHAT ARE YOU DOING kind of outrage.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“If you’re offering, I won’t turn you down. If he had, I’d have checked him into the nearest hospital. The day Henri turned down a homecooked meal, he was either on his deathbed, or he’d been kidnapped and was trying to signal me.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“You’d shoot me, wouldn’t you? Just to save him?” Jamie let out a scoffing laugh ringing with echoes of the grave. “Was that even a question?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“If you encountered a rodent of unusual size in your pantry, you’d not be so entertained,” I growled at her, although I kept my tone low in an effort to not have this business all over the station. For some reason, she threw her head back and laughed louder. “It’s an ROUS!”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“I found it hysterical my friend could calmly face down criminals and rogue magicians without flinching, but find a rat in his beloved pantry and he went pear-shaped.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Someone really needed to explain to me how a magician, who’d never met a cat from Earth and had no idea what they were like, still managed to create its evil twin here in this world. I mean really, parallel universes notwithstanding, what kind of luck did this take?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Yes, thank you, it’s not like we don’t know what we’re all doing here. Could I stab him yet? I had a cat I could fling at his face, that might be satisfying. Clint would totally go for it. His fur was bristled along his spine, and while he wasn’t Halloween kitty yet, he was getting there.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Henri made it clear by tone alone that if he wanted to buy that fight, Henri would certainly sell it. It bemused me, really. Henri was usually this easy-going gentleman, but man, if he did get pissed off? He was like a wounded badger. I don’t think he knows the whole idiom of ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.’ He was all bee.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Trust me, keeping a woman in the loop is always a smart decision. You might not get any real help from her, but you’ll be considerate of her feelings, and that leads to happy things later.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Just because you CAN go that fast doesn’t mean you should!” “Look, Henri, I paid for the whole speedometer, so I’m going to use the whole speedometer.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“I know so little about magic and what all it can do,”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Clint hopped lightly onto my shoulder, using my head for balance as he turned around and got situated”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“I say bungalow in the loosest concept of the term, as it had three bedrooms and sat two stories tall.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“There is something fundamentally wrong with having fish at this hour of the morning,” she shot back, passing me. “I won’t be convinced otherwise.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“He blinked at me as if he didn’t understand the point of my inquiry. I swear, he did things of that nature to cause me heart failure. He was far too much like his owner in this aspect.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“It was all lovely and majestic, to be sure, but it also became rather repetitive after a certain point. I didn’t think myself directionally challenged until faced with a four-story building taking up three city blocks.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Well, well, someone was unhinged. “You can tell me all about it at the station. Up we come.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Hearing him tap-dance around the truth like this was vastly entertaining. I mean, I’d witnessed part of that madness and I barely recognized the events he described.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“You’d rather them hear it through rumor mill, when it gets totally blown out of proportion and your mother breaks into your apartment, convinced you’re dying?” I countered”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Being happy at someone’s demise was not the same as participating in their murder. Take Sanderson, for instance. I’d be thrilled if someone removed him from the world even though I wouldn’t stoop to murdering him.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Jamie seemed both resigned and impatient at the pace. I’d heard her rant about ‘speed isn’t dangerous’ too many times to invite a repetition and chose to let it ride.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Although at least yours could be handily dealt with. I can’t kill mine.” “That doesn’t sound ominous or anything.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Henri reported as if it was a personal affront and he’d take it to the highest authority.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“I was trying to stop them before they got to the hair-pulling stage. It was almost dog-fight level.” I’d have paid good money to see that. Regina wasn’t the type to get physical with people. Then again, how many people were insane enough to get into a physical fight with their queen?”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“The way he moved through places without seemingly any connection, I half-expected him to don a white mask and start belting out “Phantom of the Opera.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“Rumor had it at least a dozen interns had disappeared since the place opened a hundred years ago. Frankly, I believed it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box

“but he was such an introvert by nature that he didn’t think to suggest social activities. He needed Sherard and I, the extroverts, to pull him out of his comfortable routines. And I had a feeling this world would have suffered a bit if they hadn’t met. These two were a formidable match and would come up with some ingenious things working together.”
― Honor Raconteur, Magic Outside the Box