“I don't know what it is, but I ache for it each day. It's as though I have eyes, but there are colors I cannot see. As though I have ears, but there's a range of notes I cannot hear.” KnowsEyeColorEarsNotesRangeEach DayAche Book:The Folk Keeper Source: The Folk Keeper
“The handkerchief dabbed at my forehead. 'Ouch! You'll have a fine-looking bruise tomorrow.' 'Then you'll be able to distinguish me from Rose.' The handkerchief paused. 'I could tell you apart from the beginning. You're quite different to each other, you know.' Perhaps he could tell, in the obvious ways. The odd one was Rose; the other odd one was Briony.” KnowsWayDifferentAbleFineTomorrowRoseObviousOddForeheadsBruisesHandkerchiefsOuchOdd One Book:Chime Source: Chime
“I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I’m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichéd feelings. I’m glad I’m the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.” KnowsWantShouldFeelingsHateGirlSoundVoiceDogCryOrdinarySurfaceGladIceNecksSugarThickCharmingScratchesMaidensSwansLashesPlumsStray Dogs Book:Chime Source: Chime
“Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.” KnowsSometimesNextKnow HowOne ThingStrangeCreatures Book:Chime Source: Chime
“It’s one thing if a person learns you’re a witch. It’s quite another if he learns you’re a murderer. I almost forget I’m a witch now that I know I’m a murderer—murderess, actually. Murderess sounds so much worse.” IfsKnowsPersonsSoundForgetOne ThingWitchMurderer Author:Franny Billingsley
