Ursula Vernon Quotes

#1. Grandma Harken was sharpening her garden shears. Her hands slowed on the file and she said finally, "He'll get in trouble and he'll figure it out. Best to do it without us standing over him. It's the only way anybody ever learns to clean up after themselves.

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#2. It's a reality of art that the fewer lines you get, the harder it is. Cartooning is actually harder than realism. You have less to work with. It's like trying to build a house-if you have unlimited resources, you're in much better shape than if you get two bricks, a hammer, and a bent nail.

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#3. You had a bad day once, am I right? I know I am.
I can tell. You had a bad day and everything changed.
Why else would you dress up like a flying rat?

Alan Moore

#4. I really wish there had been a way to phrase this as 'A thunder of worms.' Because I like that phrase. That's a phrase with soul. Worm thunder on the horizon, all is right with the cosmos ...

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#5. I don't always burn my bridges, but when I do, I like there to be no survivors.

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#6. I love boats. Boats are great. You can get all kinds of places and meet all kinds of interesting people, and you never know if they're going to try to eat you or worship you.

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#7. The anger came creeping back like the leak from a dripping water tank, the fall of each individual drop passing almost unnoticed until I realized I was soaked with the emotion.

Anthony Loyd

#8. Temper is itself an obstacle.

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#9. I am automatically suspicious of things that wave their symbolism around and do little dances and bludgeon you over the head so that you [Darn] Well Know There's A Symbol Here.

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#10. She was a good witch and a decent person, but decent people aren't always easy to live with.

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#11. Let's take a minute to talk about spellbooks, since, in this day and age when magic is no longer taught in schools (or is, at best, an elective like Home Economics), very few people have the experience with spellbooks that they used to.

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#12. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny

C.S. Lewis

#13. Oh dear God, no, stop!"

Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what?

I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God.

-Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher

#14. I let my kids make decisions for themselves, but some things are not up for discussion. When it's cold, they wear a coat.

Jen Mann

#15. Once you know a thing you can't ever unknow it.

Carol Rifka Brunt

#16. Oh deaf Gog, no, stop!"

Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what?

"I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God.

T. Kingfisher

#17. There is something about a bathroom that feels like a fortress. A closed bathroom door may only be about two inches of plywood, but it feels like an iron bar.

Ursula Vernon

#18. We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.

Jim Barksdale

#19. I hate prophesies! All they're good for is an extra club to beat yourself up with after the fact.

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#20. Dragons have been known to have staring contests with mountains. They usually win.

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#21. Every now and again, a painting will get away from my control and take over. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it's a giant drooling hairy thing with pointy teeth. You know how it is.

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#22. You're brave and not very bright, which is the key to success.

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#23. And that's how Snuggles the hamster learned that yes, things COULD always get worse.

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#24. So we have this eyesore on the property.
No, it's not the beagle. I can understand why you'd think that, though.

Ursula Vernon