Gail Carson Levine Quotes

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• A library is infinity under a roof.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Book, Library, Infinity

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• There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.

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  Reading, Book, Way

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Climb the day, Drop your dreams, Possess the day.

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  Dream, Morning, Climbs

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• When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The bridge is made of wood. As you cross, it burns behind you

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  Teenager, Lying, Opposites

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Writing is a weird thing because we can read, we know how to write a sentence. It's not like a trumpet where you have to get some skill before you can even produce a sound. It's misleading because it's hard to make stories. It seems like it should be easy to do but it's not. The more you write, the better you're going to get. Write and write and write. Try not to be hard on yourself.

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  Writing, Skills, Trying

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• In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

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  Book, Character, Needs

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• Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me? I remember you. Clouds brushing Clover hills, Remember me? Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember me? I remember you.

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  Children, Clouds, Remember You

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• I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear his voice, no words because I was too distant for speech, and no thoughts - those I saved for later. He bent his head. I loved the hairs on the nape of his neck. He moved his lips. I admired their changing shape. He clasped his hand. I blessed his fingers. Once, the power of my gaze drew his eyes.

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  Blessed, Eye, Voice

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• And so, with laughter and love, we lived happily ever after.

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  Laughter, And Love, Ever After

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• No music. No rituals. At home I write in my office or on the laptop in the kitchen where our puppy likes to sleep, and I love his company. But I've trained myself to be able to work anywhere, and I write on trains, planes, in automobiles (if I'm not the driver), airports, hotel rooms. I travel often. If I couldn't write wherever I was I would get little done. I also can write in short bursts. Fifteen minutes are enough to move a story forward.

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  Moving, Home, Writing

  Interview with Jessica Day George, www.bookshoptalk.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I'm solitary as a pulled tooth, Lonely as an unwelcome truth, Lost as a minnow out of school, A genius in a crop of fools.

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  Lonely, School, Teeth

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• Things change, people change, but that doesn't mean you should forget the past.

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  Mean, Past, People

  "Ella Enchanted". Book by Gail Carson Levine, 1997.

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• Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to his heart. Come with me,' he said. Come with me to battle, My love. Tarry at my side. Stay with me When battle is done. Tarry at my side. Laugh with me, And walk with me The long, long way. Tarry with me, My love, at my side.

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  Strong, Heart, Hands

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• I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.

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  I Trust You

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• I wished she’d never stop squeezing me. I wished I could spend the rest of my life as a child, being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.

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  Children, Embrace, Squeezing

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• There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.

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  Book, Reading, Reading Books

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself

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• Step follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory.

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  Heart, Victory, Faces

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “The Two Princesses of Bamarre”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Kisses were better than potions.

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  Kissing

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• She asks why I like her. Might as well ask Why I breathe. Maybe tomorrow I won't Breathe or like her Anymore. Maybe tomorrow the tides Will stop. Maybe tomorrow will bring No more rainbows. Maybe tomorrow She will stop Asking useless questions.

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  Maybe Tomorrow, Rainbow, Asking

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• I rode all day. I cried all night. The moon didn’t glow. The sun didn’t rise. A comet blazed Between my eyes. West and South, Wind and rain. Every way is Just the same. Pray give me a box To hide inside. Pray give me a spade To dig my own grave.

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  Rain, Eye, Moon

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• Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. "No need," Char and I chimed together. "Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said.

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  Squirrels, Together, Needs

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• The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.

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  Writing, Responsibility, Self

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.

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  Daughter, Father, Character

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• No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.

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  Fear, Mood, Pleasure

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