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Anne Elisabeth Stengl QUOTES

Anne Elisabeth Stengl QUOTES

1 " If a man has to ask for your trust, it's a sure sign that you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Heartless (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #1)

2 " Sometimes the worst failures in our lives turn out to be for the best. Sometimes our path leads through darkness, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't walk it. Sometimes our path leads to loss. But that doesn't mean we've gone astray. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Golden Daughter (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #7)

3 " Rosalind exploded with a shriek worthy of a tea-kettle. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Five Glass Slippers

4 " Vengeance cannot abide the agony of grace. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Goddess Tithe (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5.5)

5 " I listened long to your story,
Listened but could not hear.
When you chose to walk that path so overgrown,
I remained alone with my fear.

Cold silence covers the distance,
Stretches from shore to shore.
I follow in my mind your far-off journeying,
But I will walk that path no more. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Heartless (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #1)

6 " I'll never tell you to stop loving. You see, I believe in hopeless love. Oh yes. I believe in it with all my heart, though you may discount the heart of an old nanny like me. For real love brings pain. Real love means sacrifices and hurts and all the thousand shocks of life. But it also means beauty, true beauty. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Moonblood (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #3)

7 " Foxbrush sneezed again.

He couldn't help himself. It's not something a fellow likes to do when a stunningly beautiful woman is leaning toward him with an expression on her face like Nidawi's wore. But sneezes are not prey to the wants or wishes of those inflicted with them. He sneezed so violently that he nearly knocked his forehead against Nidawi's exquisite little chin. She leapt back lightly, frowning at first, then shaking the frown into a rain of laughter. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Shadow Hand (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #6)

8 " I could try to care, but I ain't sure it's worth the bother. "

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9 " One conversation! One simple, honest, true conversation, and all your questions would be answered, all your problems solved! Really, man, is it that difficult? Then you'd be free to fall into each other's arms and live your Happily Ever After. Why make it so complicated?"
--Eanrin "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Dragonwitch (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5)

10 " Alistair spoke behind his visor. "You look very pretty."
Mouse looked to Eanrin. "He sounds concerned. What did he say?"
"He said they're never going to believe you're a girl. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Dragonwitch (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5)

11 " That isn't trust; that's foolishness! If a man has asked for your trust, it's a sure sign you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you. That is trust, my dear, not this leap in the dark..." (King Fidel) "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Heartless (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #1)

12 " In my anger, I slew you twice. I saw you only as the dragon, and I forgot what you were meant to be. Can you forgive me?"
--Etanun "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Dragonwitch (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5)

13 " What's the good of a story that ain't got a happy endin'? "

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14 " Have you ever dreamed of one thing for so long, wanted nothing more than to have that dream fulfilled, only to find out that maybe it wasn't what you actually wanted all along?"
He juggled four stones lightly. "I believe that's called growing up. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Heartless (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #1)

15 " What's the good of a story that ain't got a happy endin'?" the girl demanded, crossing her arms.

Leo considered. "Maybe it does have a happy ending. At least, when it's actually complete. I mean, this part of it is sad. But maybe something good will come from it still? I suppose you have to read all the legends together to know for sure, but I don't know all of them. This one is sad, but there might be a story out there somewhere to make it happy."

The girl nodded. "I'd like to know that story someday. "

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16 " Tell me, cat-man, why can I understand her?"
"First," said Eanrin with a glower, "you will not call me 'cat-man' again. I am a knight, a poet, and a gentleman, and you will address me as sir or not address me at all. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Dragonwitch (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5)

17 " A dream," he whispered. "It's all a dream."
"How metaphysical of you," said the cat. "But we're neither of us impressed. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Dragonwitch (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #5)

18 " There is a moment that comes into every life when the right word, the right look even, could change the shape of the world forever. The wrong one could as well, though the resulting shape would be different. No word at all, however, and the moment slips by, and things remain unsaid that perhaps should have been said, perhaps shouldn't, and no one can ever know for sure. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Moonblood (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #3)

19 " Her eyes pleaded with him to understand, to try. Under that gaze, Eanrin had no option but to sit and stare at the scribbles in the dust, stare with all the intensity a cat can muster. His pupils dilated until the golden irises were like rings of eclipsed sunfire. Imraldera watched him, chewing her bottom lip and waiting.
At last the cat lashed his tail and raised his whiskered face to her. "I'm sorry, my girl. It looks to me like the Greater Stick Bug pursues the Lesser Stick Bug over the back of a giant alligator. Can't make a thing of it otherwise. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl , Starflower (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #4)

20 " Were the world a just place and given into Poet Eanrin's hands to dictate, he would have written things as they ought to be. Lionheart would not have bowed like some wooden puppet and left without another word. He would have acted like a man, taken the silver-eyed queen into his arms, and kissed her! He would have told her all the things in his heart that he did not fully understand yet, because, honestly, who ever understands those things anyway?

But some stories refuse to play themselves out the way poets think they ought. "

― Anne Elisabeth Stengl