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"'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.'"
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

17 people liked it

"I can see that one can never pay back Gilsa for the fear that she will give again."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

14 people liked it

"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?"
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

31 people liked it

"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."
— Shannon Hale

tags: books, reading
23 people liked it

"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"
— Shannon Hale (Austenland)

tags: humor, romantic
26 people liked it

"She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

30 people liked it

""What are you doing?"
"Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly.
It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her with wide eyes. Jane took several quick (but oh so casual) steps away from Martin's window.
"Um, did I just say, 'Ya'?"
"You just said 'Ya,'" he confirmed. "If I am not mistaken, it was a battle cry, warning that you were about to attack me."
"I, uh..." She stopped to laugh. "I wasn't aware until this precise and awkward moment that when startled in a startled in a strange place, my instincts would have me pretend to be a ninja.""
— Shannon Hale (Austenland)

29 people liked it

"All I've ever wanted was to be near you."
— Shannon Hale (Enna Burning)

tags: romantic
46 people liked it

"I know I would crumble if I lost you."
— Shannon Hale (Enna Burning)

tags: romantic
37 people liked it

"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."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

tags: friendship
45 people liked it

"Nom, do say something funny so she can admire!"
— Shannon Hale (River Secrets)

tags: humor
29 people liked it

"... If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

tags: story
61 people liked it

"But in a country where you hang your dead up on walls and pride whether or not a man bears a javelin more than his character, how am I to persuade you out of a war? It would be suicide for Kildenree to war on Bayern and butchery for Bayern to attack Kildenree. If you don't believe me, then send me back. Or if you don't trust me to leave, I'll return to my little room on the west wall and tend your geese, and you can be sure that on my watch no thieves will touch my flock."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

39 people liked it

"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."
— Shannon Hale (River Secrets)

tags: humor
46 people liked it

"He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face."
— Shannon Hale (Austenland)

tags: humorous
57 people liked it

"I do like the world quite a lot."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: inspirational
45 people liked it

". . . as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words."
— Shannon Hale

41 people liked it

"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."
— Shannon Hale

tags: inspirational
57 people liked 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.""
— Shannon Hale

tags: books, genre, young_adult
80 people liked it

"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."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

67 people liked it

"You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free."
— Shannon Hale

tags: freedom, love
91 people liked it

"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. "
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

176 people liked it

"I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself."
— Shannon Hale

tags: laughing
607 people liked it

"I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ground. In the end, when he finally frees himself, he flies so high he becomes a star. My nurse said the story was about how we all have something that keeps us down."
— Shannon Hale (Princess Academy)

tags: inspirational
62 people liked it

"'I just know once you're over your emotional outbursts, you'll come up with-'
'I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something,' Westley said."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor
9 people liked it

"Inigo: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.

Westley: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. "
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
618 people liked it

"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: life, pain
619 people liked it

"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: death, love, movies
1,146 people liked it

"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: funny, humor, inconceivable, movies
1,677 people liked it

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movies
2,186 people liked it

"Fairy tales, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated."
— G.K. Chesterton

tags: books, inspirational
2,497 people liked it

"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
— Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading
2,237 people liked it

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
— Charlie Chaplin

tags: philosophy
2,241 people liked it

"Go on, son, you're not doing me any good by bleeding."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

8 people liked it

"Wait, I want more green. I hope I did not imply I only wanted your colors. We can't turn a cold shoulder to green, and blue, and purple, for the sake of all ordered things, how can you dismiss purple? Celi, call Nom back and tell him of my need for purple!"
— Shannon Hale (River Secrets)

tags: humor
11 people liked it

"Razo wasn't good at anything except maybe cramming two cherries up one nostril."
— Shannon Hale (River Secrets)

4 people liked it

"They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as though he forgot he was looking, as though he did not wish to do anything else. She looked back. Her took heart took its time quieting down."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

tags: love, true
41 people liked it

"Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: wisdom
114 people liked it

"My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.'"
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

37 people liked it

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
15,556 people liked it

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter
17,602 people liked it

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, human, humor, infinity, nature, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
11,637 people liked it

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

tags: life
10,861 people liked it

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: dreams, love, reality, sleep
10,024 people liked it

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

tags: friends, friendship
9,128 people liked it

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: wisdom
8,985 people liked it

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

tags: humor, life
8,544 people liked it

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
6,485 people liked it

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
6,042 people liked it

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

tags: action, actions, disappointed, disappointment, discover, dream, dreams, explore, sail
7,427 people liked it

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