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Patricia C. Wrede Quotes

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Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

Patricia C. Wrede (2015). “The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: [Boxed Set]”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

Patricia C. Wrede (2015). “The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: [Boxed Set]”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer (2012). “Sorcery & Cecelia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot”, p.112, Open Road Media

May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!

Patricia C. Wrede (2015). “Searching for Dragons”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

He wasn't a medical doctor, just educated all the way up as far as you can get.

Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.89, Scholastic Inc.

Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nodcocks!

Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “A Matter of Magic: Mairelon and The Magician's Ward”, p.443, Macmillan

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer (2014). “The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician”, p.770, Open Road Media