Quote by Eoin Colfer

“The butler went away among the abominable plants. The General spoke again, slowly, using his strength as carefully as an out-of-work show-girl uses her…

— Raymond Chandler

“If I couldn't do that much for my master then what kind of butler would I be, really.”

— Anonymous

“I pulled my mind off the table and stared into the dimness beyond, and then I gradually saw the servants as real people, watching…

— Dodie Smith

“The servants were so surprised at seeing me that they hurried and bustled absurdly, and made all sorts of annoying mistakes. Even the butler,…

— Wilkie Collins

Butler,” he called, his voice thin and childlike in the wind. “Yes, Artemis, what?” “If something goes wrong, wait for me. No matter how…

— Eoin Colfer

“Butler shot one of the half dozen diners a fierce glare, just in case she might be planning something. The woman must have been…

— Eoin Colfer

“Marry me,” he said, his voice hoarse. “Share your life with me. Teach our children to ride ponies at twilight in search of fairies.”

— Vivienne Lorret

“I stuck out my hand and you shook it, and your hand was so small and delicate, a surprising hand for someone who seemed…

— Sarah Brooks

“Servants do not speak at all, so how can I ever hope to speak as one?”

— Danielle Bennett

“In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough…

— Carson McCullers

“But I saw the pair of them, along with everyone else. Hard to miss. Him towering like a raggedy scarecrow in that flapping black…

— Ellen Kushner

“Suddenly it seemed as if he might a sort of wood fairy who might be gone when she came into the garden again. He…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett