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• Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue.

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  Important, Stories, Earth

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.6, A&C Black

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• Finn leaped from his horse to greet Enna, and she entwined herself into him, their arms around each other, their faces close. Thoug they did not kiss, Rin thought that the way they looked at each other was even more intimate. 'Let's get married,' Enna was saying with yearning in her voice. 'Please, let's get married right now.' Finn put his face into her neck and whispered something that made her hum.

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  Horse, Kissing, Voice

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• His brothers could tease him about his height or the number of scars he was collecting on his body. He could take the joke when they said he would die having never won a fair wrestling match. But the topic of Bettin still smarted too much. He'd imagined being with her always. Now when he closed his eyes, he had trouble imagining anything else.

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  Brother, Wrestling, Eye

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.15, A&C Black

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• Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't.

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  Real, Character, Years

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.9, A&C Black

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• She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days.

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  Princess, Eye, Three

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.1, A&C Black

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

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  People, Adages, Dislike

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• ...'Goose girl, may I kiss you?' She answered by... kissing him first.

  Shannon Hale

  Girl, Kissing, May

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

  Shannon Hale

  Choices, Sound, Becoming

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• 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?

  Shannon Hale

  Girl, Thinking, Sickness

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.288, A&C Black

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• Poor gosling. It hurts to be lost. And worse to be home with no kind of homecoming...I'll be lucky if I can do as well as you when all this's done, just a bit out of breath, a bit bruised and scratched, a bit wiser and sadder for it all.

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  Hurt, Home, Lucky

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• We know it's all just daydreaming...But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth.

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  Real, Nice, Hands

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• Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile.

  Shannon Hale

  Wrinkles, Faces, Peculiar

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.39, A&C Black

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• ... fantasy is not practice for what is real—fantasy is the opiate of women.

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  Real, Practice, Opiates

  Shannon Hale (2007). “Austenland: A Novel”, Bloomsbury USA

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• Make haste” Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.

  Shannon Hale

  Haste, Wanted, Jane

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• Razo knew he was best at nothing, except maybe cramming two cherries into a single nostril.

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  Two, Cherries, Cramming

  Shannon Hale (2010). “River Secrets”, p.13, A&C Black

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• I know they are naught things, but I devour novels.” (p. 57).

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  Novel, Knows

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• I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the only person I'm trying to please.

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  Writing, Trying, Would Be

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• Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy?

  Shannon Hale

  Missing, Might, Facts

  Shannon Hale (2007). “Austenland: A Novel”, Bloomsbury USA

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• I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you.

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  Want, Kingdoms, Firsts

  Shannon Hale (2010). “Enna Burning”, p.41, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I need to admit up front that I don't know how to have a fling. I'm not good at playing around and then saying good-bye. I'm throwing myself at your feet because I'm hoping for a shot at forever." Henry Jenkins/Mr. Nobley

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  Bye, Feet, Forever

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• Your head will be fine,” said Miri. “It’s your neck you should worry about.

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  Worry, Necks, Should

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.291, A&C Black

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

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  Knees, Use, British

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.87, A&C Black

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• If you're listening Big Brother, I refuse to be Fanny Price.

  Shannon Hale

  Brother, Listening, Bigs

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Austenland: A Novel”, p.96, A&C Black

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• He nodded. "And if I don't make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world every day of your life, then I don't deserve to be near you.

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  Beautiful, World, Feels

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• The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.

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  Patience, Halloween, Dressing Up

  Shannon Hale (2013). “Midnight in Austenland: A Novel”, p.103, A&C Black

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