Patricia C. Wrede

Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

— Patricia C. Wrede

“NONE OF THIS NONSENSE, PLEASE”

— Patricia C. Wrede

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.

— Patricia C. Wrede

May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!

— Patricia C. Wrede

I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon

— Patricia C. Wrede

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

— Patricia C. Wrede

You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

— Patricia C. Wrede

“If you're going to be rude, do it for a reason and get something from it.”

— Patricia C. Wrede

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

— Patricia C. Wrede

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

— Patricia C. Wrede

Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“The ceremony went by in a blur, but Mendanbar was pretty sure he hadn't made any mistakes because suddenly he was kissing…

— Patricia C. Wrede

Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake,…

— Patricia C. Wrede

In a lot of ways I was a generation ahead of my generation; I had a working mother wheneveryone else’s mother was…

— Patricia C. Wrede

If you want to build a car, you don't slap a bunch of iron ore, some sand, a rubber tree, and a…

— Patricia C. Wrede

I see you've decided to take my advice after all, Richard." Lady Wendall's amused voice said from somewhere above and behind him.…

— Patricia C. Wrede

Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters…

— Patricia C. Wrede

She probably enjoys cutting up everyone's happiness. Not to mention cutting up other parts of people; given her penchant for poisoning people…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Is it your background, then?" Lord Franton smiled and shook his head. "That need not worry you. You're a wizard now; what…

— Patricia C. Wrede

I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day…

— Patricia C. Wrede

You mean he thinks I'm going to get MORE offers?" Kim said, appalled. "He doesn't seem to be the only one that…

— Patricia C. Wrede

No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected. "Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Four of us,' said Morwen. The cats yowled. 'Yes, I know, and of course you're coming, but you can't carry a bucket…

— Patricia C. Wrede

No matter how good you are at sneaking, you can't ever sneak well enough so that mosquitoes won't find you, and no…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“I refuse to let him hire a princess in disguise who's hoping to sneak into the next ball wearing a dress as…

— Patricia C. Wrede

You mean I'm going to have to do a spell in front of a bunch of toffs?" Kim said, outraged that no…

— Patricia C. Wrede

Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Master Richard!” Hunch’s voice was not loud, but it expressed volumes of scandalized disapproval. Mairelon paused and looked up. “What is it?”…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Mendanbar took a deep breath. “You could stay here. At the castle, I mean. With me.” This wasn’t coming out at all…

— Patricia C. Wrede

This is the most important lesson you must learn about magic," Miss Ochiba went on. "There are many ways of seeing. Each…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Ballimore! Ballimore, where's the inkwell?' Dobbilan's voice echoed down the corridor, interrupting Cimorene in mid-sentence. 'Where are you? Why can't I find…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“It's been three years since I graduated, and everyone's still waiting for me to do something spectacular," the stone prince said, lengthening…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“(In reply to the question, 'Would you like some suggestions for a plot for your next book?') There are three problems with…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“If you brought me out driving just so you could insult me-" "Oh, not just to insult you.”

— Patricia C. Wrede

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it…

— Patricia C. Wrede

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

— Patricia C. Wrede

“Come one, come all! Prepare to be amazed by the one, the only - Mairelon the Magician!”

— Patricia C. Wrede