Shannon Hale: Trending quotes (page 6)

“No matter that we could be beheaded for this,” said Esa. “Heads are overrated.”
“Yes, they are so unfashionable,” said Miri, imitating an Aslandian accent. “This spring, ladies of style are wearing their feathers in their necks.”

“Miss Erstwhile: “It is such a relief, Mr. Nobley, to already know that you find this exercise vulgar and your partner unworthy. It saves us the idle chitchat.”
Mr. Nobley: “And yet you chat away.”

“He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched.”

“There's nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you've decided to hate.”

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

“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.”

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

“Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion…”