Assignments Quote by Jonathan Stroud

“Jeeves, Mr Little is in love with that female." "So I gathered, sir. She was slapping him in the passage." I clutched my brow.…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“I looked round the place. The moment of parting had come. I felt sad. The whole thing reminded me of one of those melodramas…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Yeah, Montague tried to do us during break," said George. "What do you mean, 'tried'?" said Ron quickly. "He never managed to get all…

— J.K. Rowling

“No one said a word; it was as if they were waiting for me to retract my question. Jan's hand found mine and held…

— Bentley Little

“We don’t need the money that badly,” my mother said. “According to my sisters, we do.” I slid the photograph with dollar signs toward…

— Ilona Andrews

“If you tell them, I will pay a social visit to your mother.” “That’s playing dirty,” Merrich said. “Perhaps, but you keep your patty-paws…

— K.M. Shea

“On Christmas morning, Dustin knocked on my door. “Miss Winters,” he said cheerfully. “Breakfast.” I didn’t move. My parents were dead. My boyfriend was…

— Yvonne Woon

“Mrs. Weasley came to a halt in front of them, her hands on her hips, staring from one guilty face to the next. She…

— J.K. Rowling

“The grandfather clock struck the half hour. She must be away. Glancing from Mama to Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Astor, she did the only…

— Rachel Hauck

Looks like he's lost a guinea and found a farthing," Horace said, then added, unnecessarily, "Will, I mean." Halt turned in his saddle to…

— John Flanagan

“You didn't wind up on a pole without a lot of help from your family.”

— Lisa Unger

“Goodness,” said an exhausted Lady Maccon, “are babies customarily that repulsive looking?” Madame Lefoux pursed her lips and turned the infant about, as though…

— Gail Carriger