Wednesday, September 1, 2010

'Young man,' said Gladys, 'is everyone in your world like you?'

'No,' he said. 'Most of them are taller.'

'I meant,' said Gladys, 'are they all so immoral - or do I mean amoral?'

'Well,' Tod said, 'my father's like me, and my uncle's viler. But my cousin and at least two of my brothers-in-law are quite saintly really. Why?'

'Because,' she said, 'I expect to fit in quite well.


A Sudden Wild Magic ~ Diana Wynne Jones