Randall De Sève Quotes

“The Duchess of Whimsy is fancy and fussy—and definitely not ordinary—surrounding herself with wild friends, fabulous foods, and fancy dress.”

“The Duchess Of Whimsy and the Earl Of Norm are two people who know very little about each other except for what they see on the outside, but once they get to really know each other they discover that they have more in common then either could have imagined.”

“Mathilda’s unwavering quest for color in a black-and-white world inspires the hope that anything is possible.”

“Mathilda’s world was small. Here’s is what was in it: Green grass. Green barn. Gray skies. Gray stones.”

″ Gray sheep, gray sheep. Which was all nice enough, until the bright orange balloon floated by.”

“It caught Mathilda’s eye while she was grazing. Mathilda had never seen anything so magnificent. At once, something inside her woke up.”

“The Earl of Norm (ho hum) is completely ordinary, but he adores the Duchess.”

“With charming line-and-watercolor illustrations, as effervescent as an orange balloon…[kids] will get the idea that imagination can take them right up in the air.”

“When an orange balloon floats over her world of green and gray, Mathilda the sheep realizes that she can be more than she is, and sets out to convince the rest of the flock that anything is possible”

“What was that?′ she asked the others. They were older and had seen such wonders before. They barely looked up from the ground. ‘Balloon,’ said a nearby ewe, her mouth full of grass.”

“Orange balloon,′ said another, starting on a clump of clover. ‘Orange balloon. . .’ said Mathilda. ‘That’s me!’ ‘You?’ the sheep laughed. ‘You’re not orange. And you’re not a balloon.”

“She ignores him, until the chef gets sick, and her friends have to make a super supper—which includes tracking down truffles, spinning sugar stars, and looking for quail eggs.”

“Who′s to say a plain gray sheep can′t be an orange balloon if she wants? ”

“But the Earl is hungry! He sneaks off to an ordinary grilled cheese sandwich—and suddenly takes the Duchess’s eye. Maybe there’s something to simplicity after all. Maybe there’s something to the Earl after all . . ”

““Refusing to follow the boring herd mentality of her grazing companions, a visionary little sheep uses her imagination to achieve the impossible…The unflappable Mathilda will tickle and inspire.”

“The Duchess of Whimsy spins a tender tale of two royals who discover each other over a grilled cheese sandwich, and defy expectations by proving that people are often more than they seem. ”

“He talks only to the most level-headed of people on the most drab of topics. But the one thing he can not be is extraordinarily whimsical. Or so everyone thought...”

“The Duchess of Whimsy has always been whimsical in her love of all things, well, whimsical.”

“She surrounds herself with strange pets and intriguing people, she wears the most extravagant of dresses and talks of all things peculiar.”

“But the one thing she can not stand is boring normal. Or so everyone thought...”

“The Earl of Norm has always been quite sensible in his liking of everything normal. He has the most ordinary of pets and dresses in typical clothing.”