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• She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.

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  Book, Dust, Smell

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.262, A&C Black

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• He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all the alcohol he imbibed, so he wouldn't look or act much different.

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  Alcohol, Different, Looks

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• I hate them," Enna said. "Whoever is responsible for making me sleep outside without pillows, I hate them." Mmm-hmmm...," Dasha said. Rin had noticed that the Tiran girl often had trouble remembering how to speak in the morning. If Finn were here," Enna continued to mumble as she rewrapped her head cloth, "he'd let me rest my head on his chest at night. Or leg. Or arm. And then he'd find whoever was responsible for the whole sleeping outside with no pillows situation and hold him while I kicked him in the shins.

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  Girl, Morning, Hate

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• No wolf falters before the bite So strike No hawk wavers before the dive Just strike

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  Hawks, Strikes, Bites

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.112, A&C Black

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• Nom, do say something funny so she can admire!

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  Admire

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

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  Hate, World, Midnight

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

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• She dismounted, grabbed Enna's hand so tightly that she drew blood with her fingernails, walked straight into the nearest cottage, and plopped down on a bed. Enna nodded to the startled cottage dwellers. It's the queen, you see," said Enna. "She's going to have a baby in your house. You don't mind?

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  Baby, Queens, Blood

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Enna Burning”, p.212, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• ... and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.

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  Real, Lasts, Poor

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.147, A&C Black

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• If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.

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  Numbers, Mad, Large Numbers

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.80, A&C Black

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

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  Heart, Wake Up, Waking

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.188, A&C Black

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• The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide eyes, holding up his sword in defense, She heated his sword and he dropped it, his expression barely changing, as if he had been expecting that. She held up her two swords to his throat, but they were two heavy, so she dropped one and held the other with both hands. "Where are the two Bayern boys kept?" The soldier shook his head. BURN HIM, prompted the fire. The excitement of burning was simmering in her, heating her up for more action.

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  Eye, Boys, Two

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• Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'.

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  Girl, Warrior, Helping

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.257, A&C Black

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• I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.

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  Sweet, Morning, Pain

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• Rin slept inside the oak’s thought. Its own memories of weather and growth continued to hum, and like a pond, its stillness reflected back herself.

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  Memories, Weather, Growth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.110, A&C Black

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

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  Shirts, Wet, Ifs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.77, A&C Black

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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 couldn't see what was real until time had washed away everything else.

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  Real

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.8, 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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• 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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• My friends call me by my name." "You don't have any friends." "I don't want you to be my friend, Selia, or my servant, not now. I thought you were both. You have let me know I was wrong. So are you to treat me so. You are wrong.

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  Names, Want, Treats

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.65, A&C Black

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