Everything is dead while it lives..

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea..

Can'ttrustpeople. Won'tdoanygood. They'llkillyoueverytime. They'llkilleachother. They'llkilleveryone..

Everybody changes, not just me..

During the night, while Bull and Lucy slept, Edward, with ever-open eyes, stared up at the constellations. He said their names, and then he said the ….

I find the treatment of royalty distinctly peculiar. The royal family lives in palaces heavily screened from prying eyes by fences, grounds, gates, g….

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say..

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

The old Lena is dead..

Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs..

I think that if a real princess was lost in this modern world and she could be whatever she wanted, she would be a musician,' Blanche said slowly. 'A….

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..

I was very fond of Princess Diana. She used to have me over to lunch to ask my advice. I'd give her good advice, and she'd say: 'I entirely agree. Pa….

Music gave me something to do in my life..

Can you imagine anything more tragic?' Rose asked. 'To be born a princess --native and to the manor born-- and then to forget who you are and settle ….

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

Eat right and you can’t go wrong..

I don't like overt traditionalism..

I love seeing things that work in the micro and work in the macro..

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other..

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do..