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... If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it.
Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.
Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.
Razo knew he was best at nothing, except maybe cramming two cherries into a single nostril.
If you were a woman, all I'd have to say is 'Colin Firth in a wet shirt' and you'd say 'Ah.
My ma says a rock lasts forever, but people don’t, and that’s what makes them more precious.
Enna leaned back her head and laughed at the sky. 'Of course he wasn't! Who could kill Razo?
It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.
Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'.
I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.
For Colin Firth: You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends.
You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.
He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.
He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched.
And new, too. Remade. Ready to move again. Listening was the start, she decided. Doing was the next step.
Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--
Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.
There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.
I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.
Here's the thing about home: you can create it most anywhere, as long as you gather your people around you.
Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.
Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.
I’m sorry, my lady,” said Geric, rubbing his arm. “But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.
There's nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you've decided to hate.
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.
No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart
Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.
Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy?
You can be who you will,” he repeated. His voice softened. “And if you will have me, I will be the one beside you.
Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident
But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?
Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.
Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.
She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days.
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.
No one had ever called her wild before. She wanted to be wild now, for him. Wild seemed more enticing then a bowl of berries.
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.
I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna
Words can fall hard like a boulder loosed from a cliff. Words can drift unnoticed like a weed seed on a breeze. Words can sing.
Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.
Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion.
She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound
I was sorry to lose it, and if you make me another one, I promise not to get taken captive by bandits and have to use it to save my life.
Am I the moss on your bark, then?" Ani asked. Enna grabbed her around the waist and shook her affectionately. "You're the mossiest girl I know.
When the mountain quaked Like an elbow's nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come
He nodded. "And if I don't make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world every day of your life, then I don't deserve to be near you.
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD
I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a book down, and that was a tragedy.
We know it's all just daydreaming...But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth.
Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.