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• My ma says a rock lasts forever, but people don’t, and that’s what makes them more precious.

  Shannon Hale

  Rocks, People, Forever

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.234, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Life is short, so live extra lives. Read books.

  Shannon Hale

  Book, Life Is Short, Life Is

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• Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.

  Shannon Hale

  Mind, Truth Is, Guts

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• I'm the sheen on water, Rin thought. I'm a looking glass. I'm not real.

  Shannon Hale

  Real, Glasses, Water

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.78, A&C Black

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• It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little

  Shannon Hale

  Careers, Want, Littles

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.198, A&C Black

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• I know I would crumble if I lost you.

  Shannon Hale

  Romantic, Lost, Knows

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Enna Burning”, p.41, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.

  Shannon Hale

  Stubborn, Mules, Persist

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Actor and the Housewife: A Novel”, p.296, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.

  Shannon Hale

  Shy, Panic, Speak

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• For one thing, everyone there is so clever. Do they think me dull? Perhaps I should assure them that our goats enjoyed listening to me for hours on end. I am certain their bleats meant "Do go on, Miri, darling. You are immensely entertaining." Your immensely entertaining sister, Miri

  Shannon Hale

  Clever, Thinking, Listening

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.113, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a book down, and that was a tragedy.

  Shannon Hale

  Book, Night, Tragedy

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• My ma says You can't unspill a stew." "She also says Undoing a wrong is greater than doing a right." "You know, Ma is very good at saying two things at once.

  Shannon Hale

  Two, Undoing, Stew

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.205, A&C Black

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• It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

  Shannon Hale

  Karma, Magic, Matter

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Actor and the Housewife: A Novel”, p.336, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

  Shannon Hale

  Writing, Inconvenient

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• You're from where?" "Lay'en. It's near Salt Lake City." "Spell that for me." "Um, that would be S-A-L-T-" "No, the other one. The city you're from." "Oh. L-A-Y-T-O-N." "Ah-Lay-ton." That's what I said." "No you didn't. You just said, 'Lay'en.'" "So I did. But just go ahead and pronounce 'aluminum' for me, Mr. British Man. How are you going to defend that piece of insanity? Why don't you spell it and count syllables and see if your al-um-in-ium makes sense whatsoever?" He bowed his head. "Touch...

  Shannon Hale

  Men, Lakes, Cities

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• She's as fetching as brown hair done up with ribbons blue The mountain, my lady She's as sweet as pink flowers made bright with morning dew, Mount Eskel, my lady

  Shannon Hale

  Sweet, Morning, Flower

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• No matter that we could be beheaded for this,” said Esa. “Heads are overrated.” “Yes, they are so unfashionable,” said Miri, imitating an Aslandian accent. “This spring, ladies of style are wearing their feathers in their necks.

  Shannon Hale

  Spring, Style, Matter

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.295, A&C Black

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• Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.

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  People, May, Taste

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.5, A&C Black

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• The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.

  Shannon Hale

  Sweet, Book, Hints

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.59, A&C Black

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• I, Geric-Sinath of Gerhard, declare that you're beautiful and you're perfect and I'll slay any man who tries to take you from my side. Goose girl, may I kiss you?

  Shannon Hale

  Beautiful, Girl, Kissing

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.379, A&C Black

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• You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.

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  Years, Sky, Window

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• She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days.

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  Princess, Eye, Three

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.1, A&C Black

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• Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'.

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  Girl, Warrior, Helping

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.257, A&C Black

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• The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide eyes, holding up his sword in defense, She heated his sword and he dropped it, his expression barely changing, as if he had been expecting that. She held up her two swords to his throat, but they were two heavy, so she dropped one and held the other with both hands. "Where are the two Bayern boys kept?" The soldier shook his head. BURN HIM, prompted the fire. The excitement of burning was simmering in her, heating her up for more action.

  Shannon Hale

  Eye, Boys, Two

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• If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.

  Shannon Hale

  Numbers, Mad, Large Numbers

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.80, A&C Black

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• I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.

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  Sweet, Morning, Pain

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