Shannon Hale Quotes - Page 4

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• I wonder if everyone who faces death hurts like this. It's as though for the first time I realize how much just being alive makes my body ache. But I don't want that ache to stop.

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  Hurt, Firsts, Just Being

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.151, A&C Black

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• I’m sorry, my lady,” said Geric, rubbing his arm. “But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.

  Shannon Hale

  Sorry, Apology, Offending

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.186, A&C Black

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• Goodness knows she is too fierce for you Goodness knows she has eyes for a lord Goodness knows she yet will prove untrue Her cheek's blush is as false as her word

  Shannon Hale

  Eye, Fierce, Lord

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• Here's the thing about home: you can create it most anywhere, as long as you gather your people around you.

  Shannon Hale

  Home, Long, People

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• Smell is the voice of the soul.

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  Voice, Smell, Soul

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• I know they are naught things, but I devour novels.” (p. 57).

  Shannon Hale

  Novel, Knows

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• Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

  Shannon Hale

  Real, Stories, Use

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.8, A&C Black

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• Well do I remember the first night we met, how you questioned my opinion that first impressions are perfect. You were right to do so, of course, but even then I suspected what I've come to believe most passionately these past weeks: from that first moment, I knew you were a dangerous woman, and I was in great peril of falling in love." She thought she should say something witty here. She said, "Really?

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  Witty, Falling In Love, Believe

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

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• Sometimes one does not mean to fall in love. Sometimes it just happens

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  Falling In Love, Mean, Doe

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Midnight in Austenland”, p.251, A&C Black

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• The to Cathal was battered and only one wagon wide, with swells of hard earth where mud had frozen during cold ad rainy seasons. Enna tripped often, and cursed each time she tripped, until Dasha said, "Enna, you might watch your language." Enna grimaced. "I was. You should hear my thoughts.

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  Watches, Frozen, Earth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.79, A&C Black

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• When the mountain quaked Like an elbow's nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come

  Shannon Hale

  People, Mountain, Elbows

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• There was a burst of laughter so sudden Miri jumped to her feet in alarm. Bena and Liana had pushed Peder out of the bed and onto the floor. He in turn leaped on Liana's bed, clinging to it and laughing as the girls tugged at his ankles. "So, are you two betrothed?" Katar asked. "No," Miri said shortly "Ohh." Karter smirked, one eyebrow raised, and she looked altogether more like her old self. "It appears I stumbled upon a topic of conversation even more dangerous than revolution.

  Shannon Hale

  Girl, Laughter, Self

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• She wore white heirloom lace about her throat And in her hair a bright golden feather A pearl like a plum hung ripe from her neck But her smile fetched ten gold together

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  Hair, White, Together

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.272, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The army slew a thousand and showed little pity The king ordered fealty from the conquered city The prince charmed its people with words wise and witty And the queen sat on a couch, looking very pretty

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  Wise, Witty, Kings

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• Oh land of farms and green hills mild Once formed by giants rough and wild With massive paws they gripped and tore With one great rip they formed the shore Where heavy boots left prints so deep Blue lakes remain 'tween summits steep The giants fought beneath our skies And from their bones our mountains rise

  Shannon Hale

  Rip, Lakes, Blue

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• The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day.

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  Spring, Night, Light

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.202, A&C Black

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• I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. There’s no way I can control the story you tell yourself from my book. Your own experiences, preferences, prejudices, mood at the moment, current events in your life, needs and wants influence how you read my every word.

  Shannon Hale

  Book, Doe, Prejudice

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• You forgot to cough!” he said. “Sorry.” She coughed. “Your sneakiness is dangerous. Next time that chisel will lodge itself in my head.” “Now, Peder, there’s plenty of stone around here for carving. No need to practice on your own face.” He stroked his chin. “You’re right, my jaw is already chiseled to perfection.” She agreed, but she felt too silly to say so aloud.

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  Sorry, Silly, Practice

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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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• You can be who you will,” he repeated. His voice softened. “And if you will have me, I will be the one beside you.

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  Voice, Beside You, Ifs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.128, A&C Black

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• Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late.

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  Too Late, Might, Second Thoughts

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.132, 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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• Am I the moss on your bark, then?" Ani asked. Enna grabbed her around the waist and shook her affectionately. "You're the mossiest girl I know.

  Shannon Hale

  Girl, Moss, Bark

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• No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart

  Shannon Hale

  Heart, Tears, Vines

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• Tegus, I'm leaving this book behind for you, so you will know the why of it all, and maybe you'll forgive me, or maybe you'll think me false and reprehensible. You'd be justified. I couldn't stand the thought of your reading all my words unless I knew for certain that I'd never have to face you again, so please don't look for me. If you read the book in its entirety, you'll know for truth who is Lady Saren. And I guess you'll also know that I'm a silly girl who writes down every word you said to me.

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  Girl, Silly, Book

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