All Naomi Novik Quotes
- Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to… Afford
- Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold. Blood
- The Magicians brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking what’s simple on the surface and turning it over to show us the… Beneath
- The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed,… Badly
- I will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful things. I will see your nation cast down and… Albino
- I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat."… Ago
- The gate is perfectly simple," Temeraire said. "There is only a bar across the fence, which one can lift very easily, and then it swings… Across
- I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on. Comfortable
- I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does… Always Insisting
- It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck. Bad
- Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York? Believe
- Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects! Book
- I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you… All
- Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will. Conspirators
- It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what… Any
- Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart,… Basket
- And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by… All
- Well, I would have struck him, but I would have had to get up. You have no notion how difficult it is to arrange skirts… Arrange
- Temeraire-- Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray eat… Allegiance
- I do not care if they do not like me," he said. "Maybe then they will let me alone, and I will not have to… Alone