

“We are as gods to beasts of the field. We order the time of their birth and the time of their death. Between times, we have a duty.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men

“I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I’m going. You cannot fool me any more.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men

“Is there any me at all? Or do my thoughts just dream of me?”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men

“Tiffany read the sign and smiled. “Aha,” she said. There was nothing to knock on, so she added “Knock, knock” in a louder voice. A woman’s voice from within said: “Who’s there?” “Tiffany,” said Tiffany. “Tiffany who?” said the voice. “Tiffany who isn’t trying to make a joke.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men

“Any particular animal?” “Jenny Green-Teeth. A water-dwelling monster with big teeth and claws and eyes like soup plates,” said Tiffany. “What size of soup plates? Do you mean big soup plates, a whole full-portion bowl with maybe some biscuits, possibly even a bread roll, or do you mean the little cup you might get if, for example, you just ordered soup and a salad?” “The size of soup plates that are eight inches across,” said Tiffany, who’d never ordered soup and a salad anywhere in her life. “I checked.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
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