“What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her with wide eyes. Jane took several quick (but oh so casual) steps away from Martin's window. "Um, did I just say, 'Ya'?" "You just said 'Ya,'" he confirmed. "If I am not mistaken, it was a battle cry, warning that you were about to attack me.I, uh..." She stopped to laugh. "I wasn't aware until this precise and awkward moment that when startled in a startled in a strange place, my instincts would have me pretend to be a ninja.”
Shannon Hale“Most people are genuinely good, sweetheart, and even the evil ones have some good in them. -Shannon Hale”
Shannon Hale, The Unfairest of Them All“Hey, 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“I'd thought I wanted to live free of my mundane little cage, but the world outside was feeling more and more hazardous.”
Shannon Hale“Life feels like fall of itself.""'A dream within a dream.""And I want to wake up.”
Shannon Hale“Get back in my cot, girl," said Gilsa. "You're sickly."No, I'm not," said Ani.Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?”
Shannon Hale“Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't. ”
Shannon Hale“Over there!" "Where?" Enna asked in mock panic "Do you see something?”
Shannon Hale“I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna”
Shannon Hale“The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.”
Shannon Hale“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
Shannon Hale