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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.

  Shannon Hale

  Hurt, Firsts, Just Being

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.151, 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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• And new, too. Remade. Ready to move again. Listening was the start, she decided. Doing was the next step.

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  Moving, Listening, Next Steps

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.206, A&C Black

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• Saying my story makes me want to change it, make it sound pretty the way I do with the stories I tell the workers. I'd like it to have a beginning as grand as a ball and an ending in a whisper, like a mother tucking in a child for sleep.

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  Mother, Children, Sleep

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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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• Make haste” Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.

  Shannon Hale

  Haste, Wanted, Jane

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

  Shannon Hale

  Falling In Love, Mean, Doe

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

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• There's nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you've decided to hate.

  Shannon Hale

  Hate, World, Midnight

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.109, A&C Black

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• He nodded. "And if I don't make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world every day of your life, then I don't deserve to be near you.

  Shannon Hale

  Beautiful, World, Feels

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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

  Shannon Hale

  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.

  Shannon Hale

  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.

  Shannon Hale

  Voice, Beside You, Ifs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.128, 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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• Your head will be fine,” said Miri. “It’s your neck you should worry about.

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  Worry, Necks, Should

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.291, A&C Black

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• If you're listening Big Brother, I refuse to be Fanny Price.

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  Brother, Listening, Bigs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.96, A&C Black

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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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• I need to admit up front that I don't know how to have a fling. I'm not good at playing around and then saying good-bye. I'm throwing myself at your feet because I'm hoping for a shot at forever." Henry Jenkins/Mr. Nobley

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  Bye, Feet, Forever

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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

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  People, Mountain, Elbows

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• Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

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  Years, Cry, Lost

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.99, A&C Black

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