Fire and Ice Quotes

“And then Rollan reached out and took her hand. His fingers were warm. Meilin had never been so aware of the beating of her heart.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“Rollan flew forward, banging into Meilin. She grabbed him, trying to keep upright, and he grabbed her, trying to keep from falling. And for a moment they stood there, covered in leather and furs, and beneath it two people who were, essentially, embracing. “Sorry,” Rollan said. But she didn’t let go. He turned his face slightly, and the openings of their hoods brushed together. Her face was very close. Instinctively his mind whirled, searching for something teasing to say. But Abeke beat him to it. “If you two are done playing kissy-face,” she said, tugging on the rope. Meilin and Rollan both pushed away from each other and began walking again.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“It was creamy,” said Maya.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“The girls were offered bone cups filled with wiggly white stuff,”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“Some people do have faces like that. Though I’ve been told mine is one, and I disagree. I have never wanted to punch myself in the”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“If you two are done playing kissy-face,” she said, tugging on the rope.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“SOIL HIS PANTS.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“Rollan didn’t admit the other reason.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“More like him than she’d ever imagined possible. His brown eyes were warm, his brown skin speckled with dirt from the road, his broad face comfortingly familiar. Inside the great void of despair that had filled her since her father’s death, she felt a pinprick of hope. And then Rollan reached out and took her hand. His fingers were warm. Meilin had never been so aware of the beating of her heart.”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice

“All Greencloaks spoke to their spirit animals, but Maya was holding what appeared to be an intense one-sided conversation with an amphibian!”
― Shannon Hale, Fire and Ice