His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.
Kenneth OppelIt's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a hairball.
Kenneth OppelBloody Hell!
Kenneth OppelI poo poo the chit.'
The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!'
I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.'
We'll walk.
Mots clés humor
But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.
Kenneth OppelIndividuality: ten. Cautiousness: three. Combativeness: nine." She looked over and gave me a wink. "Well, what did you expect from a pirate's daughter? Hope: eight. Amativeness. What's that?"
Kate acutally blushed. "I think it has something to do with your attractiveness to the opposite sex."
"Ten," said Nadira, smiling modestly.
(Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel)
Mots clés humor humour nadira skybreaker
I know you pretty well."
"Better than anyone I think."
I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.
Marry me." I said.
She lowered her teacup, shaking slightly, to the saucer. "Aren't you going to get down on one knee?"
I got down on one knee and took her hand.
"Will you marry me, Kate?"
You can't propose properly without a ring." She said.
I reached into my pocket and took out James Sanderson's ring, which I'd picked up off the floor of the Starclimber when we'd crash landed.
"That's a nice looking ring." said Kate with a grin.
"Cost a fortune." I said. "And now, for the third time. Kate de Vries, will you marry me?"
She leaned forward and took my face in her hands and kissed me.
"Yes," "Yes, and yes and yes. But it will probably be terrible."
"Probably," I agreed.
"Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.
There is a passion in you that scares me.
Kenneth OppelYou can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.
Kenneth OppelMots clés writing literature nutrition kenneth-oppel this-dark-endeavor
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