Heart Quotes by Shannon Hale

“She was not who she'd thought she was. No one was.”

— Shannon Hale

A heart is a heart in a child or a man.

— Shannon Hale

No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart

— Shannon Hale

Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.

— Shannon Hale

She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work…

— Shannon Hale

He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched.

— Shannon Hale

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.

— Shannon Hale

Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.

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“and she rarely went on holiday. (note: she used the British word for "vacation" in her thoughts, an early sign that she'd…

— Shannon Hale

“and curiouser. Maddie supposed she would never totally understand this nonsensical world”

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“They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as…

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“She was craving anything real - bad smells and stupid men, missed trains and tedious jobs. But she remembered that mixed up…

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“She felt really alone now. But here's the thing- suddenly she felt as though she belonged inside the aloneness, and that feeling…

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And Isi always listened, never told Enna she had been foolish, never said hollow things like 'You'll be all right.' . .…

— Shannon Hale

A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep,…

— Shannon Hale

Finn always called it Enna's Stream. He tended to refer to most anything as belonging to her--Enna's Meadow, Enna's Mountain. When he…

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“You are not doing something foolish, are you?" In fact, she was, but that didn't mean she had to stop glaring.”

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“Hope had beaten her to death. She dried her eyes, shut down her heart, and plunged herself into an emotional coma. So…

— Shannon Hale

“Hope had been beaten to death. She dried her eyes, shut down her heart, and plunged herself into an emotional coma. So…

— Shannon Hale