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> [“The scent of linden blossoms hung heavy on the air. Dortchen made a sharp, jerking movement, as if to walk away. But she hesitated, then turned and went down the long, winding path, past the tangle of briar roses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/the-scent-of-linden-blossoms-hung-heavy-on-the-air-dortchen-made-a/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

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> [“Dortchen ducked through a gap in the trees, following a winding path to a small grove of old linden trees, their branches hanging with heavy creamy-white flowers. A hedge of briar roses, with delicate pink-white flowers blooming among the thorns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/dortchen-ducked-through-a-gap-in-the-trees-following-a-winding-path/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

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## More by Kate Forsyth

> [Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/every-word-we-speak-calls-on-37-muscles-and-thousands-of-nerves-it-s/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/fairytales-were-never-really-meant-for-children-they-were-meant-as/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/i-have-struggled-all-my-life-with-my-stuttering-not-to-mention-all-my/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“Can we make promises to each other, as if we were truly married? Can we swear to be true and faithful and love only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/can-we-make-promises-to-each-other-as-if-we-were-truly-married-can-we/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything could happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/she-felt-as-if-she-had-strayed-into-a-fairy-tale-as-full-of-peril-as/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“Soeur Seraphina gently removed my lace fontanges. It was named for the King’s mistress Angelique de Fontanges, who had lost her hat while hunting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/soeur-seraphina-gently-removed-my-lace-fontanges-it-was-named-for-the/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/i-love-fairy-tales-because-of-their-haunting-beauty-and-magical/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“Each word was shaped with certainty, and I felt, more strongly than ever before in my life, that I had at last found my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/each-word-was-shaped-with-certainty-and-i-felt-more-strongly-than/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/words-i-had-always-loved-them-i-collected-them-like-i-had-collected/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [I had always been a great talker and teller of tales. 'You should put a lock on that tongue of yours. It's long enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/i-had-always-been-a-great-talker-and-teller-of-tales-you-should-put-a/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“The world is a cruel place, Petrosinella, and it wounds the weak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/the-world-is-a-cruel-place-petrosinella-and-it-wounds-the-weak/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/may-my-heart-be-kind-my-mind-fierce-and-my-spirit-brave/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“I wanted to rest my eyes on green meadows. I wanted to sit on green grass under the shade of a green tree. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/i-wanted-to-rest-my-eyes-on-green-meadows-i-wanted-to-sit-on-green/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye as my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/as-an-adult-i-have-often-been-deep-in-serious-conversation-with/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

> [“These things you know.” Scarlett shook her head in a mock amazement. “Where do you get all this stuff from ” “Books you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/these-things-you-know-scarlett-shook-her-head-in-a-mock-amazement/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

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