The Forgotten Sisters Quotes

“Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“The point of education is to learn other ways too. Don't just assume that all you know is right. Learn more and then chose.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Reading a book is like going on a great journey. You don't know what'll happen, but something is bound to change. And for me, that change has always been good.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“15. “Master Filippus believes that three disciplines define us as humans,” Miri said while they walked to the peat pits. “History, Philosophy, and Poetry. History is human memory, the examination of what came before us. Philosophy is human reason, or an attempt to make sense of what is. Poetry is human imagination, seeking to express what is, even while dreaming of what might be. History, Philosophy, and Poetry—that’s what sets humans apart from animals.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Courage is not fearlessness.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Duty doesn't always fit comfortably.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Think of learning as storing up supplies you may need for a harsh winter.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“A castle of defense, a bastion of might
A fort where the wise teach the young to fight
An armory of weapons, sharp as hooks
Are wrapped in leather and shelved as books”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“The god of creation broke me from stone
The mountain's the only ma I've known
My pa is the blue sky sheltering me
So stone I am and stone I'll be”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“She found half of a sea biscuit and offered it to Sus. The young girl held it between two fingers and licked a corner. “It tastes like dirt.” “And how would you know?” Felissa said, putting her fists on her hips. “You eat dirt often, do you? Snacking on mud pies when our backs are turned?” “It tastes how dirt smells,” Sus said.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Besides, Pa is healthy as a horse. He’ll live for years.” The king coughed. “They’re speculating about my death now?”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“After a tap at the door, Peder wobbled in wearing one of Britta’s fancy pink silk gowns. He could only get the sleeves up his forearms, and his chest was too broad to button up the back. He’d wrapped his head in a lace scarf and was holding a fan shyly in front of his face. “I’m ready,” he said.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Have you ever seen a girl in red? Yes, I’ve seen a girl in red With long black curls upon her head? High lo, there she goes now Have you ever seen so swift a sail? Yes, I’ve seen so swift a sail With a mermaid carved upon her bow? High lo, there she goes now”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“A lost word of letters Is no loss if not found A lost letter of words Is a loss most profound”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Meat on the spit, and don’t you know Your lips are sweet, your voice is low Meat on the spit, and don’t you know I’d swim a sea to be your beau But meat’s on the spit and don’t I know It’s salted quick, cooked tender slow Love in your eyes gives me a thirst But the meat’s ready so I’ll eat first”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Ho hum, the moon is a plum The sun is an iron kettle The stars on their spits drip juicy bits To sizzle on black sky metal”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Night drops into the soul Like a stone in water And wind hides the ripple Of the hole, of the hole The heart bears the slaughter The dry lungs tipple The breath unrolls like a scroll”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“The water slips, the water blinks The water tips its tail The water dips, the water sinks The water shows its scales What water unhinges its jaws? The most dangerous kind that was”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Gray for sparrow, red for ant Green for the sapling of the deep water plant Black for spider, orange for moth Brown for the coverings cut from cloth”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“Salty sea and bunnies three, nothing like a honey tea, so fitter fatter, it don’t matter, mind the chatter, scatter me.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“They were not pursuing the bandits. Miri felt so relieved she began to cry behind closed eyes. “She’s weeping from fright,” Miri heard someone whisper. “Poor delicate creature.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“The point of education is to learn other ways too. Don’t just assume that all you know is right. Learn more and then choose.”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“A honey bee, a funny flea, a pitter patter sunny sea
A breezy snow, a wheezy crow, a bitter batter easy dough
A teary hymn, a weary limb, a titter tatter cheery swim
A cozy yawn, a nosy fawn, a chitter chatter rosy dawn”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters

“The dead cannot sleep long when the moon is round
The dead toss and turn deep in the muddy ground
The dead never rest well in the living house
The dead hear the secrets the owl tells the mouse”
― Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters