Shannon Hale Quotes

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

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

“Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.”

“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.”

“Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.”

“… If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it.”

“Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.”

“You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.”

“I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-"
"It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.”

“He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face.”

“All I've ever wanted was to be near you.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I, Geric-Sinath of Gerhard, declare that you're beautiful and you're perfect and I'll slay any man who tries to take you from my side. Goose girl, may I kiss you?”

“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.”

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

“You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.”

“I know I would crumble if I lost you.”

“I do like the world quite a lot.”

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

“I was under the stars, like a fish is under water.”

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

“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.”

“What should I say? That I like him so much it hurts?”

“Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.”

“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.”

“But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?”

“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.”

“They laughed much harder than the memory was funny because it felt good to laugh.”

“The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.”

“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

“… all things speak, in their way, don't they?”

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

“Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.”

“I'm Razo, a member of Bayern's Own," he said, stopping himself from adding "Loafing is just a hobby of mine."
"Bayern's Own? But you're a child."
Razo looked up to the sky. "I'm not a child, I'm just short.”

“I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.”

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

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little”

“Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.”

“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.”

“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.”

“He did a very good impression of a stone column.”

“… as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words.”

“Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.”

“It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat."
"Did she just call you tree rat?”

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

“No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.”

“WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL
For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended!
REWARD”

“I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.'
Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow.”

“Being a writer is a good, good thing.”

“Nom, do say something funny so she can admire!”

“You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king. There is no such thing as royal blood. I believe we are what we make ourselves, and as such, you, Crown Princess, are nothing.”

“But the hoping, that's what really hurts.”

“For Colin Firth:
You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends.”