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141 " In fact, she would have added the rider that she wasn't sure it could be done at all, getting to know someone at any succession of such parties, however prolonged. "
― Robin McKinley , The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
142 " It had not been a very cheerful journey, not the least for the western excursion into Outlander territory, where a stubborn and pompous old man had refused to listen to the truth; but Corlath had expected what he found and-she thought-saw no use in being discouraged. "
143 " Yes. Isn’t it … silly … how … upsetting … just thinking can be?” “It’s not silly at all. The insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are. "
― Robin McKinley , Sunshine
144 " It was blissful, spending time with someone who would leave you alone. I loved him for it. And I was happy to repay in kind. It had never occurred to me that leaving someone alone could harden into a habit that could become a barrier. "
145 " I feel like a potato that's recently been mashed,"she said. "
146 " But it is not, as we say when we are being diplomatic, a fruitful source of inquiry. "
147 " At first Lissar merely ran away; away from the yellow city, away from the prince whom she loved with both halves of her broken heart. "
― Robin McKinley , Deerskin
148 " No wonder he'd never really finished becoming one of us. We just thought it was because he was half Japanese, and lived in a huge house on the other side of town with a dad who was never home and who none of our parents had ever met. And possibly because he was an arrogant moody stuck-on-himself creepazoid And here he wasn't even a real gizmohead. He was just a grind. And a werewolf. "
― Robin McKinley , Shadows
149 " I loved every one of these people. And I couldn’t take another minute of their company. "
150 " HIs riders knew most of this, even if they did not see it with the dire clarity Corlath was forced to.... "
151 " She was ashamed. She would not--she would not--be frightened of him: he was what he was, and he had made a promise he would keep. "
― Robin McKinley , Rose Daughter
152 " I’m your friend, Sunshine,” he said. “Everything else is just static on the line. "
153 " She wished for Ebono as she wished every time she saw Lrrianay at her father's shoulder, or any pegasus at any bond-mate's shoulder, or any pegasus. Or any time she took a breath, she wished again for Ebon. "
― Robin McKinley , Pegasus (Pegasus, #1)
154 " There was something very odd about the carpet this morning… More hedgehogs? Many more hedgehogs? Positively a lake of hedgehogs? "
155 " It is all very well to say that all princesses are good and beautiful and charming; but this is usually a determined optimism on everybody's part rather than the truth. After all, if a girl is a princess, she is undeniably a princess, and the best must be made of it; and how much pleasanter it would be if she were good and beautiful. There's always hope that if enough people believe as though she is, a little of it will rub off. "
― Robin McKinley , The Door in the Hedge
156 " Golden arrow? And what would we do with a golden arrow? Give it to Alan for a lute string? I could hang it around my neck on a chain, perhaps, and let it stab me in the ribs when I tried to sit. "
― Robin McKinley , The Outlaws of Sherwood
157 " Robin: I'm sure you've learnt to bake, but you have not learned to handle Much. The phrases that you need my lady, are "No", "No you can't", and "No, get out of here before I throw something at you". "
158 " What … you’re a hedgehog!” It stirred at her touch and then curled up tighter. “You’re a very small hedgehog. And you shouldn’t be wandering round enchanted palaces looking for adventures. "
159 " This place felt like home; not her home perhaps, but someone's home, accustomed to shelter and keep and befriend its master. "
160 " [the sheep] sidled up beside him and bumped him lovingly with its head. Val looked at it sadly. "I am sorry, you ugly creature," he said. "I have not used my magic in a long time, and I am very out of practice. "