Shannon Hale citations

“I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.”

“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.”

“There you go… let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.”

“… 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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”