Shannon Hale Quotes - Page 6

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• Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped. "You are,” he said. His hand found hers, and he held her finger tightly, as though he did not dare to do any more than hold her one hand, and look at her, and breathe deeply.

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  Hands, Trying, Looks

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.202, A&C Black

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

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  Waiting, Mama, Used

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• A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

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  Kings, Children, Heart

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• Uge, save me from the sauce of their loveyness-raso Forest Born

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  Sauce, Forests, Born

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• You've been quiet lately...but it's not so much the quiet as something inside the quiet.

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  Quiet

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.13, A&C Black

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• Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.

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  Wind, Floating, Stones

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.98, A&C Black

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• He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face.

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  Faces, Dashing

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.48, A&C Black

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• What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her with wide eyes. Jane took several quick (but oh so casual) steps away from Martin's window. "Um, did I just say, 'Ya'?" "You just said 'Ya,'" he confirmed. "If I am not mistaken, it was a battle cry, warning that you were about to attack me. I, uh..." She stopped to laugh. "I wasn't aware until this precise and awkward moment that when startled in a startled in a strange place, my instincts would have me pretend to be a ninja.

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  Eye, Hands, Strange Places

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.81, A&C Black

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• Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ..." (Rapunzel glares) "Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that.

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  Mean, Gold, Towers

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• WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD

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  Horse, Hair, Jail

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• I can see that one can never pay back Gilsa for the fear that she will give again.

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  Giving, Pay, I Can

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.180, A&C Black

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• You saw my leg?" "How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg.

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  Men, Add, Legs

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.191, A&C Black

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• Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say.

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  Clever, Years, Thrones

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.353, A&C Black

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• Go on, son, you're not doing me any good by bleeding.

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  Son, Doing Me, Goes On

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.366, A&C Black

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• Wait, I want more green. I hope I did not imply I only wanted your colors. We can't turn a cold shoulder to green, and blue, and purple, for the sake of all ordered things, how can you dismiss purple? Celi, call Nom back and tell him of my need for purple!

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  Blue, Color, Purple

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.69, A&C Black

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• There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.

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  Sad, Soul, Tears

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• And Isi always listened, never told Enna she had been foolish, never said hollow things like 'You'll be all right.' . . . Isi saw Enna's struggle and her sadness, and she understood.

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  Struggle, Sadness, Saws

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• Razo knew he was best at nothing, except maybe cramming two cherries into a single nostril.

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  Two, Cherries, Cramming

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.13, A&C Black

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• I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.' Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow.

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  Sorry, Scarecrow, Said

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• I'm Razo, a member of Bayern's Own," he said, stopping himself from adding "Loafing is just a hobby of mine." "Bayern's Own? But you're a child." Razo looked up to the sky. "I'm not a child, I'm just short.

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  Children, Sky, Hobbies

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.16, A&C Black

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• He did a very good impression of a stone column.

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  Stones, Columns, Impression

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• This morning, Tegus welcomed me again with an arm clasp and cheek touch. I wasn't startled this time, and I breathed in at his neck. How can I describe the scent of his skin? He smells something like cinnamon-- brown and dry and sweet and warm. Ancestors, is it wrong for me to imagine laying my head on his chest and closing my eyes and breathing in his smell?

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  Sweet, Morning, Eye

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• Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident

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  Childhood, Tails, Lost

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.28, A&C Black

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• It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat." "Did she just call you tree rat?

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  Tree, Rats, Pleasure

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.43, A&C Black

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