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> [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 mouth has mangled yet another magnificently conceived, clumsily articulated sentence. In my mind, the words are…](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/)

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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/)

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