“It's the Estella principle. If you take a child and teach it to hate and fear something from before it can understand language, it will be supremely difficult for the child to overcome that.” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share Image
“ Oh, well, thanks an awful lot, Thomas, Myfanwy thought bitterly. It sounds like I'm the Defense Minister of Ghosts and Goblins, but as… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“to put it very, very simply: If you have powers and you’re not in the Court, then you’re a Pawn.” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“We were ushered into the special reception room that important people go to so they won't have to ensure Customs. It's luxurious and private,… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“It won't ever go away entirely. I wish it did. But with things like this, with wounds on the inside, sometimes it's just a… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“Behind me, Ingrid made a sort of muffled snorting sound. I can only assume she was choking on a breath mint. I shot her… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“If you want to switch jobs, then you can come over here right now and balance the extermination budget in London while (shuffling through… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“20 Dear You, Six girls. Eight boys. That’s the current number of kids in the Camp Caius stable, and they’re an intriguing little bunch… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“Now, do you mind telling me why you have all these guns lying around? Are you afraid the paperwork will rise up against you?'… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“Everyone was dressed in his or her best, but some people's best was better than others'.” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“It sounded like someone was cramming a metric ton of live weasels into a phone box,” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“Yes, Minister, it turns out that there was a mysterious force that caused that plane to crash. We call it gravity.” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“Shantay: She's not going in alone. I'm going in with her. Myfanwy: Absolutely not. There may be legal precedents for you coming along to… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“But His Majesty Carlos II, king of Spain; duke of Milan, Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, and Luxembourg; count of Flanders, Hainaut, and Namur; and count… — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
“The pool was steaming in the cold night air, and an electric light glowed under the water.” — Daniel O'Malley Copy Share
