Shannon Hale Quotes - Page 3

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• She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound

  Shannon Hale

  Song, Heart, Sound

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• He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.

  Shannon Hale

  Kissing, Want, Way

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• No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

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  Comfort, Wetness, Cry

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.93, A&C Black

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• No wolf falters before the bite So strike No hawk wavers before the dive Just strike

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  Hawks, Strikes, Bites

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.112, A&C Black

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• He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all the alcohol he imbibed, so he wouldn't look or act much different.

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  Alcohol, Different, Looks

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• She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.

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  Book, Dust, Smell

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.262, A&C Black

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• Geric," she called. He turned back around. "What kind of flowers were they?" "I don't rightly know," he said. He made faltering gestures with his hands, forming their size and shape from the air. "They were yellow, and smallish, and had lots of petals." "Thank you," she said. "They were beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Flower, Air

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.187, A&C Black

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• Miss Erstwhile: “It is such a relief, Mr. Nobley, to already know that you find this exercise vulgar and your partner unworthy. It saves us the idle chitchat.” Mr. Nobley: “And yet you chat away.

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  Exercise, Missing, Relief

  Shannon Hale (2007). “Austenland: A Novel”, Bloomsbury USA

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• Enna leaned back her head and laughed at the sky. 'Of course he wasn't! Who could kill Razo?

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  Sky, Courses, Laughed

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• Rin slept inside the oak’s thought. Its own memories of weather and growth continued to hum, and like a pond, its stillness reflected back herself.

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  Memories, Weather, Growth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.110, A&C Black

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• In some ways, I don’t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I was making up stories. I love reading and I love telling stories, and the times in my life when I’ve tried to ignore that part of me, I’ve gone a little crazy. Characters start tugging on my sleeves, words start haunting me, and I feel generally unsatisfied. Really, being a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

  Shannon Hale

  Crazy, Reading, Writing

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• Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy?

  Shannon Hale

  Missing, Might, Facts

  Shannon Hale (2007). “Austenland: A Novel”, Bloomsbury USA

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• Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile.

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  Wrinkles, Faces, Peculiar

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.39, A&C Black

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• I was under the stars, like a fish is under water.

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  Stars, Water, Fishes

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• What she had long believed was not true, and now the world was wide open to discover what was. It is like all my life I thought the sky was green.

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  Sky, Long, World

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• Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms.

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  Boulders, Facts, Posture

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.75, A&C Black

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• . . . as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words.

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  Long, Movement, Harmony

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

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• Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue.

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  Important, Stories, Earth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.6, A&C Black

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• Nom, do say something funny so she can admire!

  Shannon Hale

  Admire

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• Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.

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  Eye, Giving, Black

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.208, A&C Black

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• We know it's all just daydreaming. In all likelihood, no one in this forest'll ever get a javelin, and I'll never see my mother's kingdom again, let alone be hailed by crowds as the jewel of Kildenree. Maybe it's vain to wish for it. But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth. Right Finn?

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  Mother, Real, Nice

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.280, A&C Black

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• But in a country where you hang your dead up on walls and pride whether or not a man bears a javelin more than his character, how am I to persuade you out of a war? It would be suicide for Kildenree to war on Bayern and butchery for Bayern to attack Kildenree. If you don't believe me, then send me back. Or if you don't trust me to leave, I'll return to my little room on the west wall and tend your geese, and you can be sure that on my watch no thieves will touch my flock.

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  Suicide, Country, Wall

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.374, A&C Black

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• My friends call me by my name." "You don't have any friends." "I don't want you to be my friend, Selia, or my servant, not now. I thought you were both. You have let me know I was wrong. So are you to treat me so. You are wrong.

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  Names, Want, Treats

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.65, A&C Black

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• My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.

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  Waiting, Mama, Used

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• Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.

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  Believe, Book, Character

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