275 Quotes by Robin McKinley

Muffin cups in my bakery were real sorcerer’s apprentice material, like the dough for the cinnamon rolls every morning could have stood in for The Blob.

Lack of adaptability is the root cause of much trouble in large organizations.

Reread your favorite novel, the one you only let yourself read any more when you’re sick in bed.

Nothing?′ said Corlath. ‘I said there were two things. I have told you the first. You told us what you saw as you saw it. But this is the second thing: you spoke in the Old Tongue, what we call the Language of the Gods, that none knows any more but kings and sorcerers, and those they wish to teach it to. The language I just spoke to you, that you did not recognize- I was repeating the words you had said yourself, a moment before.

Your Chalice, Master, sees all things clearly, which is both her strength and her weakness.