Shannon Hale Quotes - Page 5

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• Finn always called it Enna's Stream. He tended to refer to most anything as belonging to her--Enna's Meadow, Enna's Mountain. When he referred to Yasid as Enna's Kingdom, she said, "Isn't that your heart?" Finn smiled and kissed her hand. Isi rolled her eyes. "Oh you two are impossible." Enna laughed. "This coming from the girl who calls her husband 'sweet little bunny boy'?" Isi blushed. "That was just once.

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  Girl, Sweet, Husband

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• Finn, do you see the lias—whatever, the orange-haired girl?” Razo Gestured ahead. “Do you think she’s pretty?” Finn glanced Dasha’s way, then returned his attention ot his horse. “She’s all right.” “Really? Just all right?” Finn shrugged. Razo rolled his eyes. “What am I saying? He doesn’t think any girl is pretty but Enna.” “Are there any girls but Enna?” Finn called back. “There’d better be.

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  Girl, Horse, Eye

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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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• Gerti didn’t ask for help.” Miri swallowed and tried to calm her quavering voice. “It was my fault.” “So it was. Now you all have learned that those who speak out of turn choose punishment for themselves and anyone they speak to.” “So if I speak to you, Tutor Olana, will you get the lashes?

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  Speaks Out, Punishment, Voice

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.46, A&C Black

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• Will you accompany me in this dance?” he said, bowing and holding out his hand. “No, thank you.” Miri smiled. The prince frowned and looked and the chief delegate as if for assistance. Miri laughed self consciously. “I, uh, I was teasing.

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  Self, Hands, Tease

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• I was sorry to lose it, and if you make me another one, I promise not to get taken captive by bandits and have to use it to save my life.

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  Sorry, Taken, Promise

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.306, 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.

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  Sorry, Apology, Offending

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

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• ...first thing is that I love you. And the second thing is that as much as I honor your former profession, I don’t think your geese care much for your betrothed and I hope they hadn’t any plans on sharing our bed.

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  Love You, Thinking, Honor

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

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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.

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  Home, Long, People

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• I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.

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  Writing, Thinking, Dare

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.

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  Patience, Halloween, Dressing Up

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Midnight in Austenland: A Novel”, p.103, A&C Black

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

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  Heart, Tears, Vines

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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.

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  Girl, Laughter, Self

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• They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as though he forgot he was looking, as though he did not wish to do anything else. She looked back. Her took heart took its time quieting down.

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  Heart, Long, Laughing

  Shannon Hale (2008). “The Goose Girl”, p.193, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• What should I say? That I like him so much it hurts?

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  Hurt, Should, I Like Him

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.163, A&C Black

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• Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

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  Choices, Sound, Becoming

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• We know it's all just daydreaming...But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth.

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  Real, Nice, Hands

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• Poor gosling. It hurts to be lost. And worse to be home with no kind of homecoming...I'll be lucky if I can do as well as you when all this's done, just a bit out of breath, a bit bruised and scratched, a bit wiser and sadder for it all.

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  Hurt, Home, Lucky

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• They weren't nice words he said. He could've lived a good life and died never having made a person feel rubbed down to bones and too sad to hold together.

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  Good Life, Nice, Together

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• Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't.

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  Real, Character, Years

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.9, A&C Black

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• I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you.

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  Want, Kingdoms, Firsts

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

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• I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.

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  Happens, Capable, Bossy

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• I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the only person I'm trying to please.

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  Writing, Trying, Would Be

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