320 Quotes by Shannon Hale

Charlotte couldn’t allow herself to dwell on how it felt to hold Eddie’s hand – as if all that mattered in the world were expressed in that touch; as if she would be safe and happy forever because this wonderful man wanted to be beside her; as if doves had come to nestle and coo beseechingly in her bosom. No, she really couldn’t allow herself to dwell on that, especially if doves were involved. Doves crossed the line. As they often do.

Words can fall hard like a boulder loosed from a cliff. Words can drift unnoticed like a weed seed on a breeze. Words can sing.

Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy?

Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.

When the mountain quaked Like an elbow’s nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little.

Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.

I can see that one can never pay back Gilsa for the fear that she will give again.

I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a book down, and that was a tragedy.