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She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound

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Song, Heart, Sound

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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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He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.

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Kissing, Want, Way

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

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Years, Cry, Lost

Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.99, A&C Black

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

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Waiting, Mama, Used

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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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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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Her eyes were distant, and she seemed to be listening to that voice that first told her the story, a mother, sister, or aunt. Then her voice, like her singing, cut through the crickets and crackling fire.

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Mother, Eye, Cutting

Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.321, A&C Black

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But when she turned her back to the lights, she saw that the night was so dark...She could not see the stars. The world felt as high as the depthless night sky and deeper than she could know. She understood, suddenly and keenly, that she was too small to run away, and she sat on the damp ground and cried.

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Running, Stars, Dark

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When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful.

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Horse, Tired, Sleep

Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.198, A&C Black

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Careful with the accusations of insanity, oh my lady whose home is a tower with windows of brick, all for the sake of some skinny-ankled, laugh-prone boy of a khan.

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Home, Boys, Laughing

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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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But the hoping, that's what really hurts.

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Hurt

Shannon Hale (2010). “Book of a Thousand Days”, p.90, A&C Black

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

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Real, Glasses, Water

Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.78, A&C Black

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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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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.

Shannon Hale

Girl, Silly, Book

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