01c. 1974 ADI didn't raise you I be good and weak. I raised you to be powerful and happy.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
02c. 1974 ADDon't let the inconsequential fairy tales stand in your way! You do what makes you happy, no matter what.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
03c. 1974 ADThe first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide eyes, holding up his sword in defense, She heated his sword and he dropped it, his expression barely changing, as if he had been expecting that. She held up her two swords to his throat, but they were two heavy, so she dropped one and held the other with both hands. "Where are the two Bayern boys kept?" The soldier shook his head. BURN HIM, prompted the fire. The excitement of burning was simmering in her, heating her up for more action.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
06c. 1974 ADThe woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
07c. 1974 ADTo be powerful, a kiss should make a journey, be its own story--begin with hesitation, move to realization, then melt into bliss.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
08c. 1974 AD..giving into despair was like eating poisonous berries to keep from feeling hungry.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
09c. 1974 ADI'd thought I wanted to live free of my mundane little cage, but the world outside was feeling more and more hazardous.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
10c. 1974 ADBut Princess Magnolia wore glass slippers on weekdays. Princess Magnolia was afraid of snails. Sunlight made Princess Magnolia sneeze. And at the moment, the Princess in Black was hog-tying a monster.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
11c. 1974 ADIn movies, we are accustomed to seeing handsome actors. It's so commonplace on the screen, large or small, that we barely note it as extraordinary. But in life, rarely do we encounter an onslaught of beauty, entire a hive of handsomeness, find ourselves awash in an ocean of attractiveness, drowning in a miasma of hotness.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
12c. 1974 ADHey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ..."(Rapunzel glares)"Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
13c. 1974 ADMost people are genuinely good, sweetheart, and even the evil ones have some good in them. -Shannon HaleShannon Hale / quote ↗
14c. 1974 ADI let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
15c. 1974 ADCharlotte wondered if she would have recognized the crazy much earlier if he looked more like Steve Buscemi then Mr. Medieval Hotness.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
16c. 1974 ADWhy was the judgement of the disapproving so valuable? Who said that their good opinions tended to be any more rational than those of generally pleasant people?Shannon Hale / quote ↗
17c. 1974 ADIt doesn't seem to matter what we think...The prince will come up here and look at us as if we're barrels in a trader's wagon. And if I'm salt pork and he doesn't care for salt pork, then there's nothing I can do.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
18c. 1974 ADIt's good to cry a bit, 'cause that helps us get through the rough parts. And the winter is though, there's no doubt. But we just hang on until spring when that ache will be all but swallowed up.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
19c. 1974 ADIsi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped."You are,” he said. His hand found hers, and he held her finger tightly, as though he did not dare to do any more than hold her one hand, and look at her, and breathe deeply.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
21c. 1974 ADClearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.Shannon Hale / quote ↗
