Shannon Hale citations

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“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.”

“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.”

“It's not something you tell your single best friend. It'd be like rubbing your nose in the poop of my happiness.”

“Careful with the accusations of insanity, oh my lady whose home is a tower with windows of brick, all for the sake of some skinny-ankled, laugh-prone boy of a khan.”

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