Quotes From "The Turn Of The Story" By Sarah Rees Brennan

She hesitated, wiping her hands off on her apron. “I’m not sure if I’ll be here when you get back. This place is a little–it’s a little much for me.” She didn’t have to tell him how it was. He had lived here for years, in a house that wanted to be silent until the silence was broken by a certain step and a certain voice, in a house holding its breath for someone’s return. If anyone held their breath long enough, they were dead. Sarah Rees Brennan

There was a silence. Elliot was surprised, because he would have thought the sound of every atom in his body exploding with indignation might make some noise. Sarah Rees Brennan

Whoosh! went the bluebird of sarcasm, zooming miles above Dale’s head. Sarah Rees Brennan

Hello, ” said the beautiful elven maid. “I was just thinking, and I mean no offence, but–how can any fighting force crowded with the softer sex hope to prevail in battle?”“ Huh?” said Elliot, brilliantly. “The softer what?”“ I refer to men, ” said the elf girl. “Naturally I was aware the Border guard admitted men, and I support men in their endeavor to prove they are equal to women, but their natures are not warlike, are they?. Sarah Rees Brennan

I am Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle. Keep a civil tongue in your head or lose it Sarah Rees Brennan