“Your amoral ingenuity in the pursuit of your interest is perfectly shocking,” said Zacharias severely. “Yes, isn’t it?” said Prunella, pleased.”
―
Zen Cho,
Sorcerer to the Crown
“But that was the trouble with children, Sir Stephen reflected. They were confoundedly liable to pattern themselves upon one’s conduct, when one would rather they simply did what they were told.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“Prunella had once thought life in London would be all flirting and balls and dresses, hitting attentive suitors on the shoulder with a fan, and breakfasting late upon bowls of chocolate. She sighed now for her naïveté. Little had she known life in London was in fact all hexes and murder and thaumaturgical politics, and she would always be rising early for some reason or other!” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“But one may like someone enough to kiss them without liking them enough to confide in them. The two are quite different emotions.” ― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
“Why, all the greatest magic comes down to blood," said Mak Genggang. "And who knows blood better than a woman?” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Are you going? What shall you wear?""I shall go in what I am standing in," said Mak Genggang. "A witch is always appropriate whatever her attire.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“A female may be poor or delicate or a spinster, but it does seem ill-advised of Miss Liddiard to combine all three.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Goodbye," said Siew Tsin."See you next time," said Lady Meng, more accurately."Will you remember me when I come again?""Of course," said Lady Meng. "I miss you every time.” ― Zen Cho, The Terracotta Bride
“Prunella took to the ballrooms of London in the spirit of ruthless calculation of a general entering a battlefield.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“I should advise you not to stop there, but set fire to his house, too, and sell his children to pirates. That is the only way he will learn” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“You are having a baby,' he said. 'I certainly hope it turns out to be a baby,' I agreed.” ― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
“[A] life passed amid the feuds and rivalries of a girls' school had left Prunella not wholly unprepared for battle.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Since the decision to become a parent is invariably self-interested, it is my belief that a parent's obligation is to the child, and the child's obligation is to itself.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“She can’t be a medium,” said Mom. “She graduated from Harvard!” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“You can bargain with anybody, spirit or human. All you need to know is what do they want and what are they scared of. That's all.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“But a woman should not marry where there is no respect. Respect is the most important thing.” ― Zen Cho, Spirits Abroad
“Zacharias’s study bore the marks of his predecessors, whose taste had run decidedly stoicheiotical. They had had a fondness for skulls with burning lights in their eye sockets, crystal balls in which mysterious shapes came and went, and dark velvet window curtains traced with obscure runes.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“But that was the trouble with children, Sir Stephen reflected. They were confoundedly liable to pattern themselves upon one’s conduct, when one would rather they simply did what they were told.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“Prunella had once thought life in London would be all flirting and balls and dresses, hitting attentive suitors on the shoulder with a fan, and breakfasting late upon bowls of chocolate. She sighed now for her naïveté. Little had she known life in London was in fact all hexes and murder and thaumaturgical politics, and she would always be rising early for some reason or other!” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“But one may like someone enough to kiss them without liking them enough to confide in them. The two are quite different emotions.” ― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
“Why, all the greatest magic comes down to blood," said Mak Genggang. "And who knows blood better than a woman?” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Are you going? What shall you wear?""I shall go in what I am standing in," said Mak Genggang. "A witch is always appropriate whatever her attire.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“A female may be poor or delicate or a spinster, but it does seem ill-advised of Miss Liddiard to combine all three.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Goodbye," said Siew Tsin."See you next time," said Lady Meng, more accurately."Will you remember me when I come again?""Of course," said Lady Meng. "I miss you every time.” ― Zen Cho, The Terracotta Bride
“Prunella took to the ballrooms of London in the spirit of ruthless calculation of a general entering a battlefield.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“I should advise you not to stop there, but set fire to his house, too, and sell his children to pirates. That is the only way he will learn” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“You are having a baby,' he said. 'I certainly hope it turns out to be a baby,' I agreed.” ― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
“[A] life passed amid the feuds and rivalries of a girls' school had left Prunella not wholly unprepared for battle.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“Since the decision to become a parent is invariably self-interested, it is my belief that a parent's obligation is to the child, and the child's obligation is to itself.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
“She can’t be a medium,” said Mom. “She graduated from Harvard!” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“You can bargain with anybody, spirit or human. All you need to know is what do they want and what are they scared of. That's all.” ― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
“But a woman should not marry where there is no respect. Respect is the most important thing.” ― Zen Cho, Spirits Abroad
“Zacharias’s study bore the marks of his predecessors, whose taste had run decidedly stoicheiotical. They had had a fondness for skulls with burning lights in their eye sockets, crystal balls in which mysterious shapes came and went, and dark velvet window curtains traced with obscure runes.” ― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
