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161 " I hate them," Enna said. "Whoever is responsible for making me sleep outside without pillows, I hate them."Mmm-hmmm...," Dasha said. Rin had noticed that the Tiran girl often had trouble remembering how to speak in the morning. If Finn were here," Enna continued to mumble as she rewrapped her head cloth, "he'd let me rest my head on his chest at night. Or leg. Or arm. And then he'd find whoever was responsible for the whole sleeping outside with no pillows situation and hold him while I kicked him in the shins. "
― Shannon Hale , Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)
162 " . . . as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words. "
― Shannon Hale
163 " Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts. "
164 " If you were a woman, all I'd have to say is 'Colin Firth in a wet shirt' and you'd say 'Ah. "
― Shannon Hale , Austenland (Austenland, #1)
165 " Geric," she called.He turned back around."What kind of flowers were they?""I don't rightly know," he said. He made faltering gestures with his hands, forming their size and shape from the air. "They were yellow, and smallish, and had lots of petals.""Thank you," she said. "They were beautiful. "
― Shannon Hale , The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
166 " He did a very good impression of a stone column. "
― Shannon Hale , Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
167 " We know it's all just daydreaming. In all likelihood, no one in this forest'll ever get a javelin, and I'll never see my mother's kingdom again, let alone be hailed by crowds as the jewel of Kildenree. Maybe it's vain to wish for it. But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth. Right Finn? "
168 " No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all. "
169 " It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat.""Did she just call you tree rat? "
― Shannon Hale , River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3)
170 " For Colin Firth:You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends. "
171 " Nom, do say something funny so she can admire! "
172 " But the hoping, that's what really hurts. "
― Shannon Hale , Book of a Thousand Days
173 " It's not something you tell your single best friend. It'd be like rubbing your nose in the poop of my happiness. "
174 " I can see that one can never pay back Gilsa for the fear that she will give again. "
175 " Wait, I want more green. I hope I did not imply I only wanted your colors. We can't turn a cold shoulder to green, and blue, and purple, for the sake of all ordered things, how can you dismiss purple? Celi, call Nom back and tell him of my need for purple! "
176 " Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy? "
177 " Poor gosling. It hurts to be lost. And worse to be home with no kind of homecoming...I'll be lucky if I can do as well as you when all this's done, just a bit out of breath, a bit bruised and scratched, a bit wiser and sadder for it all. "
178 " Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life. "
179 " She put a wedge beside my heartAnd then she brought the mallet downShe sang no song to guide her workI lost my heart without a sound "
180 " Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.. "