02c. 1952 ADIt's kind of interesting you're driving a car big enough for a wolfhound and a mastiff to get in the back of today," I said."And a greyhound, a dark brown bear, and a brindle utility vehicle," said Jill."Greyhounds don't take up much room," I said. "They're like dog silhouettes.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
03c. 1952 ADI disliked promises on principle because my conscience made me keep them.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
05c. 1952 ADI have a mastery of the art of worrying that is a burden to me if I may not use it. --RobinRobin McKinley / quote ↗
06c. 1952 ADJesse reached into a bottom drawer and brought out a bottle of... oh, hey, single-malt scotch. Some SOFs did know how to live.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
07c. 1952 ADIt was Ebon's turn now, and he stepped forward and gave the pegasus' great clarion neigh -- far more like a trumpet than a horse's neigh; hollow bones are wonderful for resonance -- and swept his wings forward to touch, or almost touch, his alula-hands to her temples before he gave his own speech, in the half-humming, half-whuffling syllables the pegasi made when they spoke aloud, only she could understand what he was saying in silent speech. The words were just as stiff and silly (she was rather relieved to discover) as the ones she'd had tRobin McKinley / quote ↗
08c. 1952 ADFairy godmothers?” said the king dubiously. “We’ll have a time getting that past the court council — and the bishop.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
09c. 1952 ADShe had not meant to name them, but she could not help herself; and having done so she thought, Let their names be symbols that their lives are worth the keeping. Let them struggle a little the harder, to keep their names.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
10c. 1952 AD[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
11c. 1952 ADSwords. That is no faenorn ; that is slaughter.” The Grand Seneschal shrugged. “The Master did not protest. And, indeed, what weapon could he have suggested that would suit him any better?” “Fire,” she said. “He would not,” said the Seneschal. “You know he would not.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
12c. 1952 ADSylvi wished she could gouge out the look in Dorogin's stony eyes, and change the course of history. She wished Fthoom had been eaten by a sea monster.Robin McKinley / quote ↗
