Rumpelstiltskin Quotes

“Stil snorted. “I am not in love with Angelique. I’m in love with you,” he said, scooting closer.

Gemma pushed her chair away.
“Well, that’s not proper.”

“Why not?” Stil asked, butting his chair up against Gemma’s.

“Because of the age difference.”

“Age difference?”

“Of course. Surely you can’t be a day younger than fifty or sixty,” Gemma said in surprise.

Stil’s jaw dropped.

“You think I’m an OLD MAN?!” Stil thundered.

“Most magic users are not the age they physically appear to be,” Gemma said.“And it is well known that they age much more slowly.”

“You think I’m an OLD MAN?!” he repeated, his voice even louder.

“I’m not even twenty-five yet, you mean-spirited mule, and my clothes are fashionable among mages!” Stil said.

“This whole time you’ve thought I am OLD?”

“I get the impression that offends you.”

“IT DOES.”

Gemma only lifted her eyebrows.

“Aren’t you going to apologize?” Stil asked.

“For what?”

“For thinking I’m OLD!”

Gemma shrugged. “It seems you have only yourself to blame for that misunderstanding.”

Stil glowered”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“A friendship is filled only with as much love as you give.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“But the wording. He had said, “Your firstborn child will be mine.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Lady Linnea said,

“I don’t think you understand the balance of relationships. They are give-and-take.Gemma is my best friend,Gemma has my loyalty because she’s earned it, and I have Gemma’s trust because I’ve earned it.”

She tilted her head and studied Prince Toril with pursed lips.

“It takes work to build a lasting relationship, My Lord. You cannot expect someone to give you their everything just because.”

“I don’t think I understand,” Prince Toril said.

Lady Linnea said, stopping their stroll down the hallway.

“Allow me to rephrase it. A friendship is filled only with as much love as YOU give. Gemma has my heart because I chose to give it to her. And my choice paid off, because there is no one in this horrible, tattered world that I trust more than Gemma Kielland. And so we are two best friends, walking together to achieve what neither of us could do alone. Do you understand it now?”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“He seemed to expect her to comment on it, so naturally she did not.)”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“I think you can't get any more idiotic, but somehow every time I see you, you manage it.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“hope you can wear her down before you both die of old age,”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Gemma shrugged. “It seems you have only yourself to blame for that misunderstanding.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Love is like a pair of horses. They need to have the same gaits and the same direction. Our Ostfold boys are handsome, but I don't think none of 'em are heading in the same direction as you.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“I’m not sure I would ever apply the word ‘gooey’ to an animal covered in quills,” Gemma said.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Lady Linnea shook her head. "You bring out the good in people, and those who scorn you, you freeze with your eyes and words. So, it's a good thing I am your friend and companion."
"Oh?"
"Yes. I am a sword, dangerous and deadly. And Gemma, I will not hesitate to kill the king to save you," Lady Linnea said, her voice hard.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“But, Grandmother, I am telling you it will take a man of magic to love me."
"Don't make such oaths, my girl," Grandmother Guri chortled. "Life has a funny way of twisting things.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“You are not a fool. Instead, you are filled with an unspeakably horrid amount of good will.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Gemma—you look terrible! But that is to be expected, I suppose. I am a healer, I am here to heal. That’s what healers do. Hah-hah.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“What was it Grandmother Guri said? To be open to love? I wasn't, and it still got me in the end--unreasonable heart!”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“friendship is filled only with as much love as you give.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Is there anything I can give you?” Prince Toril argued. “If not a crown, perhaps gold? We have quite a bit now…since…you…spun it,” Prince Toril said, crestfallen as he made the connection.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“You're not a fool. Instead, you are filled with an unspeakably horrid amount of good will.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Let’s just say I have an obligation to help those in need,”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin