--- title: "18 Said Quotes By Robin McKinley" description: "18 Said quotes by Robin McKinley. Plus more from Robin McKinley and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/robin-mckinley-1591_excellent_as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-tru_1107977.png" --- > [As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-trust-me-and-an-excellent-reason/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/robin-mckinley-1591_excellent_as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-tru_1107977.png) > [I said with perfect honest, "I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-intention-of-trying-to-take/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/robin-mckinley-1591_honest_i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-int_1869720.png) > [Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/can-you-trust-me-he-said-not-will-you-can-you-can-i-trust-him-what-do/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/robin-mckinley-1591_lose_can-you-trust-me-he-said-not-will-you-ca_3135187.png) > [Cigars should be like onions," she said, unfastening the catch and pushing back the pane. "Either the whole company does, or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/cigars-should-be-like-onions-she-said-unfastening-the-catch-and/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/robin-mckinley-1591_business_cigars-should-be-like-onions-she-said-un_2706801.png) > [All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/all-you-did-was-sit-there-he-said-why-are-you-so-tired-i-sat-very/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/robin-mckinley-1591_said_all-you-did-was-sit-there-he-said-why-ar_808225.png) > [She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-too-spoke-only-when-the-queen-or-king-addressed-her-first-but-she/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/robin-mckinley-1591_clear_she-too-spoke-only-when-the-queen-or-kin_2985327.png) > [I said: "He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much." "But he is a Beast," said Father helplessly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-said-he-cannot-be-so-bad-if-he-loves-roses-so-much-but-he-is-a/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/robin-mckinley-1591_beast_i-said-he-cannot-be-so-bad-if-he-loves-r_2452920.png) > [ My kind \[vampires\] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/my-kind-vampires-does-not-surprise-easily-he-said-you-surprised-me/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/robin-mckinley-1591_consternation_my-kind-vampires-does-not-surprise-easil_1654431.png) > [It wasn't so long ago when all the so-called scientists said that humans were intelligent and that animals weren't, humans were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-wasn-t-so-long-ago-when-all-the-so-called-scientists-said-that/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/robin-mckinley-1591_animal_it-wasn-t-so-long-ago-when-all-the-so-ca_2358089.png) > [I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-get-a-little-cranky-with-the-whole-business-about-kids-not-having/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/robin-mckinley-1591_attention_i-get-a-little-cranky-with-the-whole-bus_332285.png) > [Mathin said: "It is best to take your opponent's sash. The kysin mark each blow dealt, but to cut off the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/mathin-said-it-is-best-to-take-your-opponent-s-sash-the-kysin-mark/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/robin-mckinley-1591_blow_mathin-said-it-is-best-to-take-your-oppo_534251.jpg) > [Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/feeling-at-peace-however-fragilely-made-it-easy-to-slip-into-the/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/robin-mckinley-1591_balance_feeling-at-peace-however-fragilely-made_691458.jpg) > [I don't believe in fate," she said at last. "But I do believe in...loopholes. I think a lot of what keeps the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-don-t-believe-in-fate-she-said-at-last-but-i-do-believe-in/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/robin-mckinley-1591_accidents_i-don-t-believe-in-fate-she-said-at-last_2512962.png) > [Oh,' she said, too bone-weary to pretend: 'I would far rather that I love you as I saw yesterday I do than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/oh-she-said-too-bone-weary-to-pretend-i-would-far-rather-that-i-love/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/robin-mckinley-1591_bones_oh-she-said-too-bone-weary-to-pretend-i_224294.jpg) > [I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-smiled-i-understand-now-but-it-doesn-t-matter-and-you-needn-t/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/robin-mckinley-1591_apologizing_i-smiled-i-understand-now-but-it-doesn-t_927116.jpg) > [She laughed at him then, because he sounded like a small boy, not like a very large grown-up Beast with a voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-laughed-at-him-then-because-he-sounded-like-a-small-boy-not-like/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/robin-mckinley-1591_beast_she-laughed-at-him-then-because-he-sound_1712242.png) > [At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/at-least-i-was-true-my-intellectual-abilities-gave-me-a-release-and/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/robin-mckinley-1591_ability_at-least-i-was-true-my-intellectual-abil_1974976.png) > [The weak grey light that serves as harbinger of red and golden dawn faintly lit my window. I fumbled for a candle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-weak-grey-light-that-serves-as-harbinger-of-red-and-golden-dawn/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/robin-mckinley-1591_boat_the-weak-grey-light-that-serves-as-harbi_1879507.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Robin McKinley > [It's hard to look too grand when you're led by someone who looks like a pudding with legs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-s-hard-to-look-too-grand-when-you-re-led-by-someone-who-looks-like/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“The most serious drawback to the telling-nothing approach is that it made that much more of a mystery of what had happened, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-most-serious-drawback-to-the-telling-nothing-approach-is-that-it/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-magic-in-that-country-was-so-thick-and-tenacious-that-it-settled/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“There was something very odd about the carpet this morning… More hedgehogs? Many more hedgehogs? Positively a lake of hedgehogs?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-was-something-very-odd-about-the-carpet-this-morning-more/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [He didn't look insane or inhuman. He did look uncooperative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/he-didn-t-look-insane-or-inhuman-he-did-look-uncooperative/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [People forgot; it was in the nature of people to forget, to blur boundaries, to retell stories to come out the way they wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/people-forgot-it-was-in-the-nature-of-people-to-forget-to-blur/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“But he hated to see his people people unhappy--because he was a good king, not because he was a nervous one--”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-he-hated-to-see-his-people-people-unhappy-because-he-was-a-good/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [ “\[the sheep\] sidled up beside him and bumped him lovingly with its head. Val looked at it sadly. "I am sorry, you ugly creature,"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-sheep-sidled-up-beside-him-and-bumped-him-lovingly-with-its-head/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [I long for another human face just as I fear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i-fear-it/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“Rosie hated her curly golden hair. When she was old enough to hold minimal conversations, the itsy-bitsy-cutesycoo sort of grown-ups would pull the soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/rosie-hated-her-curly-golden-hair-when-she-was-old-enough-to-hold/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“There was, too, a reality to her new life that her old life had lacked, and she realized with a shock that she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-was-too-a-reality-to-her-new-life-that-her-old-life-had-lacked/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [Oh,' she said, too bone-weary to pretend: 'I would far rather that I love you as I saw yesterday I do than that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/oh-she-said-too-bone-weary-to-pretend-i-would-far-rather-that-i-love/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leaving out, because there's still stuff I'm just not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-i-m-going-to-try-to-tell-the-truth-except-for-the-parts-i-m/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [“The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-magic-in-that-country-was-so-thick-and-tenacious-that-it-settled-2/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) > [Roses are for love. Not silly sweet-hearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/roses-are-for-love-not-silly-sweet-hearts-love-but-the-love-that/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/robin-mckinley/#itemlist", "name": "18 Said Quotes By Robin McKinley", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin McKinley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-trust-me-and-an-excellent-reason/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/robin-mckinley-1591_excellent_as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-tru_1107977.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/robin-mckinley-1591_excellent_as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-tru_1107977.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/robin-mckinley-1591_excellent_as-i-have-said-you-have-no-reason-to-tru_1107977.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.” — Robin McKinley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I said with perfect honest, \"I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin McKinley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-intention-of-trying-to-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/robin-mckinley-1591_honest_i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-int_1869720.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/robin-mckinley-1591_honest_i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-int_1869720.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/robin-mckinley-1591_honest_i-said-with-perfect-honest-i-have-no-int_1869720.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I said with perfect honest, \"I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.” — Robin McKinley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Can you trust me, he said. 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