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61 " There are things you don't want to know you can do "
― Robin McKinley , Sunshine
62 " What was she to say? "The prodigal has returned? The mutineer wishes to be reinstated? The subordinate, having gone to a great deal of trouble to prove her commander wrong, has come back and promises to be a good little subordinate hereafter, or at least until next time? "
― Robin McKinley , The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
63 " There had been certain romantic interludes in the past that had included galloping across the desert at night; but he had never abducted any woman whose enthusiastic support for such a plan had not been secured well in advance. "
64 " He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all. "
― Robin McKinley , The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)
65 " Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not. "
― Robin McKinley , Chalice
66 " The insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are. "
67 " If you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink. "
68 " Yes, I am letting my own experience color my answer, which is what experience is for.... "
69 " Sometimes it is better not to know. Sometimes when you do know you just fold up. "
70 " ...like a grain of sand that gets into an oyster's shell. What if the grain doesn't want to become a pearl? Is it ever asked to climb out quietly and take up its old position as a bit of ocean floor? "
71 " I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers on parting. "
72 " But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross it, however well guarded with thorns it may be. "
― Robin McKinley , The Door in the Hedge
73 " Stay a little while longer, and let everyone congratulate you - including the ones who clearly don't want to: in fact, especially the ones who clearly don't want to. You don't have to say anything but 'thank you "
― Robin McKinley , Pegasus (Pegasus, #1)
74 " I didn’t want to know that the monster that lived under your bed when you were a kid not only really is there but used to have a few beers with your dad. "
75 " We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses. "
76 " Then marry me. For I love you, and I do not believe there is anything so wrong with you. You are fair in my eyes and you lie fair on my heart. "
― Robin McKinley , Deerskin
77 " And none at all has ridden at the king's side since Aerinha, goddess of honor and flame, first taught men to forge their blades. You'd think Aerinha would have had better sense. "
78 " With the knowledge of her aloneness came a rush of self-declaration: I will not be nothing. "
79 " Tsornin's nostrils showed red, but his ears were as alert as ever, and occasionally he would rub his nose gently against the nape of her neck, just in case she was momentarily not thinking about him. "
80 " Cannot a Beast be tamed? "
― Robin McKinley , Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast