Quotes from Shannon Hale

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat." "Did she just call you tree rat?

Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.

Sometimes one does not mean to fall in love. Sometimes it just happens

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

I'd thought I wanted to live free of my mundane little cage, but the world outside was feeling more and more hazardous.

She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound

Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.

I'm sorry, my lady, " said Geric, rubbing his arm. "But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.

They laughed much harder than the memory was funny because it felt good to laugh.

Nom, do say something funny so she can admire!