Shannon Hale Quotes - Page 6

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• Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late.

  Shannon Hale

  Too Late, Might, Second Thoughts

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.132, A&C Black

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• She wore white heirloom lace about her throat And in her hair a bright golden feather A pearl like a plum hung ripe from her neck But her smile fetched ten gold together

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  Hair, White, Together

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.272, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The army slew a thousand and showed little pity The king ordered fealty from the conquered city The prince charmed its people with words wise and witty And the queen sat on a couch, looking very pretty

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  Wise, Witty, Kings

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• Oh land of farms and green hills mild Once formed by giants rough and wild With massive paws they gripped and tore With one great rip they formed the shore Where heavy boots left prints so deep Blue lakes remain 'tween summits steep The giants fought beneath our skies And from their bones our mountains rise

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  Rip, Lakes, Blue

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• The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day.

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  Spring, Night, Light

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.202, A&C Black

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• Goodness knows she is too fierce for you Goodness knows she has eyes for a lord Goodness knows she yet will prove untrue Her cheek's blush is as false as her word

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  Eye, Fierce, Lord

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• I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. There’s no way I can control the story you tell yourself from my book. Your own experiences, preferences, prejudices, mood at the moment, current events in your life, needs and wants influence how you read my every word.

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  Book, Doe, Prejudice

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

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  Sorry, Apology, Offending

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.186, A&C Black

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• ...first thing is that I love you. And the second thing is that as much as I honor your former profession, I don’t think your geese care much for your betrothed and I hope they hadn’t any plans on sharing our bed.

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  Love You, Thinking, Honor

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.379, A&C Black

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• Saying my story makes me want to change it, make it sound pretty the way I do with the stories I tell the workers. I'd like it to have a beginning as grand as a ball and an ending in a whisper, like a mother tucking in a child for sleep.

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  Mother, Children, Sleep

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• I always knew it was ill-fated, but he truly believed I would be his bride. I guess I'd never realized that before. He had taken my mucker hand and looked at my mottled face and believed we would wed. And he hadn't seemed sorry. In fact, he'd swooped me up in a corridor and kissed me. That set me to crying.

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  Sorry, Taken, Hands

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• I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.

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  Writing, Thinking, Dare

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The to Cathal was battered and only one wagon wide, with swells of hard earth where mud had frozen during cold ad rainy seasons. Enna tripped often, and cursed each time she tripped, until Dasha said, "Enna, you might watch your language." Enna grimaced. "I was. You should hear my thoughts.

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  Watches, Frozen, Earth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Forest Born”, p.79, A&C Black

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• 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.

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  Sky, Long, World

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• Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms.

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  Boulders, Facts, Posture

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.75, A&C Black

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• You forgot to cough!” he said. “Sorry.” She coughed. “Your sneakiness is dangerous. Next time that chisel will lodge itself in my head.” “Now, Peder, there’s plenty of stone around here for carving. No need to practice on your own face.” He stroked his chin. “You’re right, my jaw is already chiseled to perfection.” She agreed, but she felt too silly to say so aloud.

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  Sorry, Silly, Practice

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• No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart

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  Heart, Tears, Vines

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

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  Voice, Beside You, Ifs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.128, A&C Black

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• Time is a wind that keeps blowing in my face and mumbling words that don't make sense.

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  Wind, Faces, Make Sense

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• How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be? ~Razo

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  Thinking, Voice, Missing

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.74, A&C Black

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• In some ways, I don’t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I was making up stories. I love reading and I love telling stories, and the times in my life when I’ve tried to ignore that part of me, I’ve gone a little crazy. Characters start tugging on my sleeves, words start haunting me, and I feel generally unsatisfied. Really, being a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

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  Crazy, Reading, Writing

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• Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.

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  Dog, Cat, People

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.187, A&C Black

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• We know it's all just daydreaming. In all likelihood, no one in this forest'll ever get a javelin, and I'll never see my mother's kingdom again, let alone be hailed by crowds as the jewel of Kildenree. Maybe it's vain to wish for it. But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth. Right Finn?

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  Mother, Real, Nice

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.280, A&C Black

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• Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.

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  Eye, Giving, Black

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.208, A&C Black

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• When the mountain quaked Like an elbow's nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come

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  People, Mountain, Elbows

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