“Darling, everyone is beautiful in her own way, and I am a fairy.” — Gail Carson Levine Beautiful Copy Share Image
When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings. — Gail Carson Levine Discoveries Copy Share Image
No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Luck was with me. I saw no spiders. Luck was against me. I saw no specters. — Gail Carson Levine Luck Copy Share Image
If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed. — Gail Carson Levine Book Copy Share Image
My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage. — Gail Carson Levine Book Copy Share Image
“I pushed your boat out of the gentle stream where you were merrily singing and rowing Forgive me life is but a… — Gail Carson Levine Life Copy Share Image
Things change, people change, but that doesn't mean you should forget the past. — Gail Carson Levine Change Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and… — Gail Carson Levine Effort Copy Share Image
Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me? I remember you. Clouds brushing Clover hills, Remember me? Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember… — Gail Carson Levine Children Copy Share Image
I know all about you," Char announced after we'd taken a few more steps. "You do? How could you?" "Your cook and… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I wonder how Admat can be everywhere. Is he in my sandal? Or is he my sandal itself? Why would a god… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
To me, merely and pretty were words that had nothing to do with each other. Pretty went with miraculously, and merely belonged… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you're a month older than the last time I saw you. Are… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
The fast fliers are not disgraced." Queen Ree reached up for the missing tiara. "She saved us, but she's with him now."… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a… — Gail Carson Levine Book Copy Share Image
When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood… — Gail Carson Levine Adulthood Copy Share Image
I had to share a room with my sister, who is five and a half years older than I am. We didn't… — Gail Carson Levine Action Copy Share Image
“You were her friend?" he asked. "You liked her?" I told him Ella was the best friend I ever had. He paused… — Gail Carson Levine Best friend Copy Share Image
He loved me. He'd loved me as long as he he'd known me! I hadn't loved him as long perhaps, but now… — Gail Carson Levine Appreciation Copy Share Image
When I was little I knew my father had been an orphan and had lived in an orphanage. I was curious, but… — Gail Carson Levine Anecdotes Copy Share Image
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years… — Gail Carson Levine Appreciation Copy Share Image
I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
But what I really long to know you do not tell either: what you feel, although I've given you hints by the… — Gail Carson Levine Despair Copy Share Image
I put my fingers around the unmarked ring of the spyglass and twisted. The scene became clear. Oh no! A hairy brown… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
“I decided to draw her doing something, because she always was.” — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
