C.M. Waggoner > Quotes

“Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience.”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“It was wonderful what one could accomplish when one threw everything away”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“her perception of egregious enfucktation in her current, present, and unfortunate familial circumstances.”
― C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry

“She was in the habit of apologizing for making faces that men thought weren’t very pretty. It occurred to her, very briefly, that she resented being made to think about her face when she was trying to focus on the contents of her mind.”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“Men should never be too good-looking. It gave them ideas.”
― C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry

“We shouldn’t miss an opportunity to find interest in the beauties of nature, when we’re both so fond of feeling interested.”
― C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry

“Put that on." He did. She knelt. "Get on my back."
He recoiled. "I will not."
"You fucking will," she said. "It's snowing out there. Up to your knees. You'll slow us down. I wont die for your pride, Pink." He got on her back.
She slung her fur cloak around both of them and left the cave without a glance behind her.”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“Mrs. Medlow, Delly’s landlady, had a sitting room thoroughly enkittenated on nearly every surface that was not already too thickly barnacled with ribbons, doilies, and porcelain shepherdesses to be an appropriate canvas for kittenization.”
― C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry

“Yeah. Don't cook. Can't use a knife. Don't sew. What do gentlemen do?”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“She didn't see why, in a moment of great personal trial for her, he felt such a great need to talk about his feelings for her, as if whether or not he still thought she would make someone a fine wife one day must be her greatest concern.”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic

“The fact of the matter was that he had as much actual experience of being wrapped in the embrace of a lover as he had in riding camels—which was to say that he had done both once, briefly and uncomfortably.”
― C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic