Emily Rodda Quotes

• Fate is strange, and our destinies can be shaped by very small decisions.

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  Fate, Destiny, Decision

  Emily Rodda (2012). “The Golden Door”, p.45, Scholastic Inc.

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• A book is like a door. You walk through the cover and you don't know what you're going to find.

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  Book, Doors, Walks

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• You can always find time to do the thing you really, really want to do.

  Emily Rodda

  Want

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• I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.

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  Might, Impossible, Imagine

  Emily Rodda (1989). “The Pigs Are Flying”, Camelot

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• Seven hearts the journey make.
  Seven ways the hearts will break.
  Bravest heart will carry on
  When sleep is death, and hope is gone.
  Look in the fiery jaws of fear
  And see the answer white and clear,
  Then throw away all thoughts of home,
  For only then your quest is done.

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  Sleep, Home, Heart

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• All is well that ends well

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  Wise, Drama, Italian

  Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

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• I don't want to write things that people don't want to read. I would have no pleasure in producing something that sold 600 copies but that was considered very wonderful. I would prefer to sell 20,000 copies because the readers loved it. When I write books I don't actually think about the market in that way. I just tell myself the story. I don't think I'm talking to a 10-year-old boy or a six-year-old girl. I just write on the level the story seems to call for.

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  Girl, Book, Writing

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• In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each had a gem from deep within the Earth, a talisman with special powers.

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  Special, Borders, Earth

  Emily Rodda (2012). “Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

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• A hero called Adin rose from the ranks of the people. He was an ordinary man, a blacksmith who made swords and armor and shoes for horses. But he had been blessed with strsngth, courage, and cleverness.

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  Horse, Blessed, Hero

  Emily Rodda (2012). “Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

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