You mean he thinks I'm going to get MORE offers?" Kim said, appalled. "He doesn't seem to be the only one that thinks so." Mairelon said. "Aunt Agatha mentioned it to me yesterday afternoon. Is there anyone, or would you rather I turn the lot of them away?" Kim shook her head. "There isn't anyone." Except you.
Patricia C. WredeNo matter how good you are at sneaking, you can't ever sneak well enough so that mosquitoes won't find you, and no matter how worried and tense you are, or how hard you are trying to pay attention, you just can't help noticing when a cloud of mosquitoes comes for you like you're their first good meal since last fall.
Patricia C. WredeOne of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down."
Patricia C. WredeSometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.
Patricia C. WredeIn short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.
Patricia C. WredeWell,โ said the frog, โwhat are you going to do about it?โ โMarrying Therandil? I donโt know. Iโve tried talking to my parents, but they wonโt listen, and neither will Therandil.โ โI didnโt ask what youโd said about it,โ the frog snapped. โI asked what youโre going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.
Patricia C. Wrede