“Once people see you cry, it's like they own part of you. It's like you ripped a hole in yourself, and they saw through whatever armor you had on, got a good long view of all the screaming alien goop underneath.” PeopleSeeingCryVulnerableVulnerabilityCryingScreaming Book:A Drop of Night Source: A Drop of Night
“The faery lady looked at Hettie curiously from beneath her wig. "You know..." she said, very softly. "All I wanted was that you would be my friend. That isn't very much to ask, is it? Doesn't everyone in the Smoke Lands have a friend? Doesn't everyone have someone?" She smiled pitifully and looked away. "I wanted a little person who would be mine, because no one else is. Life is so lonely when one lives as long as we do, in such a horrible, horrible house. But you never wanted to be my friend. You never, ever did.” FriendshipSadAloneSomeone Book:The Whatnot Source: The Whatnot
“I look up at the painting. It's not even that interesting. Definitely doesn't grab me and shake my brain around like the meadow scene did.” ArtInterestingInfluencePaintingDeepEffectAffect Book:A Drop of Night Source: A Drop of Night
“Her voice was loud and cheerful, the way it was when nothing was well and she was determined not to show it.” MotherEmotionsEmotions And Attitude Book:The Peculiar Source: The Peculiar
“Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath.” FallEnglandSnowFeathersFallingFirst SentenceFirst Line In Book Book:The Peculiar Source: The Peculiar
“…it struck Mr. Jelliby that a wide-eyed faery was not a surprised faery. It was an angry, angry faery.” MagicAngerEyesFaeriesSteampunk Fairy TalesFaerie Tale Book:The Peculiar Source: The Peculiar
“He had an image in his mind of a gaggle of long-necked geese, all done up in petticoats and crinolines, sitting around a stuffy parlor and talking about him.” FantasyClothesSettingGossipSteampunkSteampunk Fairy Tales Book:The Peculiar Source: The Peculiar