Shannon Hale Quotes

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.

Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--

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

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

Smell is the voice of the soul.

But the hoping, that's what really hurts.

I'm the sheen on water, Rin thought. I'm a looking glass. I'm not real.

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

Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill out of her mouth.

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

He did a very good impression of a stone column.

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

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

Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.

Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.

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

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.

What? Don't British women know how to use their knees?

The three girls were sitting and lying beside her, holding one another, weeping, their arms and legs and hair tangled like the roots of close trees, sobs shaking them like leaves in a high wind.

No one had ever called her wild before. She wanted to be wild now, for him. Wild seemed more enticing then a bowl of berries.

Get back in my cot, girl," said Gilsa. "You're sickly." No, I'm not," said Ani. Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?

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

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

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.

If you were a woman, all I'd have to say is 'Colin Firth in a wet shirt' and you'd say 'Ah.

...all things speak, in their way, don't they?

Enna leaned back her head and laughed at the sky. 'Of course he wasn't! Who could kill Razo?

Does anyone smell roasting meat?' said Razo, 'Oh, wait, it's just Geric's face.

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

Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.

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.

I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-""It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.

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.

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

A castle of defense, a bastion of mightA fort where the wise teach the young to fightAn armory of weapons, sharp as hooksAre wrapped in leather and shelved as books

My heart’s so light it floats and carries me so my feet don’t walk. I sing all day and I don’t mind the washing, and that’s how I know I’m in love. Completely smitten with My Lord the cat.

Get back in my cot, girl, " said Gilsa. "You're sickly."No, I'm not, " said Ani.Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?

No wolf falters before the bite, so strike.No hawk wavers before the dive, so swing.No sun pauses before the set, just strike.No rain delays before the fall, just swing.

You don't need luck. You are powerful, clever, and fearless.

Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right.

Courage is not fearlessness.

...even if things were broken right now. Sometimes it was the cracks that let the light in.

Life feels like fall of itself.”“'A dream within a dream.”“And I want to wake up.

Life feels like fall of itself.""'A dream within a dream.""And I want to wake up.

Maybe I got a few words wrong, but that's so near how the conversation went, I'm going to call it truth.

I wish stories were kinder to their characters, " Maddie said. "But I guess trouble is more interesting to read about.

A cat can make you feel well rested when you're tired or turn a rage into a calm just by sitting on your lap. His very nearness is a healing song.

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

Don't beat yourself up, " said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion...

Briar stood, pushing up her sleeves. 'It's about to get all nonfiction in here'.