“I stole the very shiniest words and hoarded them all up until they made something worth having.” — T. Kingfisher Name Copy Share Image
“You're from Florida. There's got to be more holes to hell in Florida than any other state.” — T. Kingfisher Florida Copy Share Image
“Inspiration knocks now and again, but spite bangs on the door all year long.” — T. Kingfisher Inspiration Copy Share Image
“—and start a little before the beginning, because we are usually wrong about where things begin.” — T. Kingfisher Beginning Copy Share Image
“The nice thing about immortality is that you have plenty of time to figure out how to get rid of it.” — T. Kingfisher Death Copy Share Image
“Summer had never had a father, and wasn’t entirely sure what you did with one.” — T. Kingfisher Parenting Copy Share Image
“It is a great relief, when one has thrown away normal life in search of their heart’s desire, to know that one… — T. Kingfisher Doing right Copy Share Image
“And he will be as handsome as the dawn and wear red and he will keep ravens of his own. And your… — T. Kingfisher Ravens Copy Share Image
“Thank you,” breathed Rhea. “Oh, thank you! I will never step on a slug again!” She could have sworn that the nearest… — T. Kingfisher Slug Copy Share Image
“Headache is always preferable to heartache, and if you’re focusing on not throwing up, you aren’t thinking about how the friends of… — T. Kingfisher Gothic-horror Copy Share Image
“Between one stride and the next, the herd of reindeer faded away. She felt a last few ghosts go with her, shoulder… — T. Kingfisher Ghosts Copy Share Image
“My heart is smaller,” she whispered. “Of course,” said the woman. “Reindeer have greater hearts than humans. They have to, to give… — T. Kingfisher Copy Share Image
“(I also occasionally write poems, after first explaining carefully to the audience and myself that I am not a poet and this… — T. Kingfisher Poetry Copy Share Image
“You got tired of waiting around for a worthy husband to present himself,” continued Gran Aischa, “so you went out, with your… — T. Kingfisher Hands together Copy Share Image
“It is sometimes easier to be punished for something than it is to be a victim of random cruelty. As long as… — T. Kingfisher Cruelty Copy Share Image
“This was like that, only without the flash or the headache. I felt the world shift around me. Javier hadn't been looking… — T. Kingfisher Despair Copy Share Image
“The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but… — T. Kingfisher Language Copy Share Image
“Evil magic could flow through her like a river in full flood. Fortunately for the rest of us, there's a lot of… — T. Kingfisher Evil Copy Share Image
“And you and your wise prince will talk long into the night, every night, and live to a ripe old age. And… — T. Kingfisher Every night Copy Share Image
“—but the world is unfair, and sometimes we must use that unfairness to our advantage.” — T. Kingfisher Copy Share Image
“She was still going somewhere terrible, but she had a hedgehog, dammit.” — T. Kingfisher Copy Share Image
“A bird with feathers made of fire watched over them, in a cage with bars that shone like moonlight.” — T. Kingfisher Bird Copy Share Image
“She brutalized flour and butter, she visited wartime atrocities to milk and yeast. She committed acts of crumpet.” — T. Kingfisher Atrocities Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world so patient as a plant awaiting spring.” — T. Kingfisher Gardening Copy Share Image
“Roses have thorns. That's the price of roses. When you start to forget that, that's when things go wrong.” — T. Kingfisher Danger Copy Share Image
“It struck Marra, watching, as an extravagance of grief. Someone wanted the world to know how sad he could afford to be.” — T. Kingfisher Afford Copy Share Image
“Bob,” I say, “a man who is no longer interested in the genetics of inbred hillbilly water unicorns is a man who… — T. Kingfisher Life Copy Share Image
“So can he turn me into a toad or something? Was marrying him better or worse than being turned into a toad?… — T. Kingfisher Marrying Better Copy Share Image
“The man in white cleared his throat. “You’re not a swan,” she said. He raised both eyebrows. “I’ve been accused of many… — T. Kingfisher Accused Copy Share Image
“They emerged, stumbling in to the starlight. The man at Marra's side gasped in air as if he had never breathed before.… — T. Kingfisher Dust-wife Copy Share Image
“But as long as they gave us medals, that fixed it, as far as the army was concerned. You expect heroes to… — T. Kingfisher First place Copy Share Image
“Madeline lived there with her twin brother, Roderick Usher, who was nothing like the richest man in Europe. Even by Ruravia’s small,… — T. Kingfisher Nobility Copy Share Image
“Ah.' The godmother smiled then, and cracks ran across her skin from the motion, like a plaster wall falling apart. As Marra… — T. Kingfisher Agnes Copy Share Image
“Thank goodness,” she said. “I was worried—” A second hedgehog came out of the brambles after it. Rhea blinked. “You brought a… — T. Kingfisher Friendship Copy Share Image
