Gail Carson Levine

“At Your Command”

— Gail Carson Levine

“Queer Ducks flock together.”

— Gail Carson Levine

Kisses were better than potions.

— Gail Carson Levine

I never met a word I didn't love

— Gail Carson Levine

Crying is part of the adventure.

— Gail Carson Levine

I shan't marry a prince!

— Gail Carson Levine

Fate...may...be...thwarted.

— Gail Carson Levine

“I decided to draw her doing something, because she always was.”

— Gail Carson Levine

There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.

— Gail Carson Levine

That's funny, you're funny. I like you, I'm quite taken by you.

— Gail Carson Levine

Climb the day, Drop your dreams, Possess the day.

— Gail Carson Levine

“If I couldn't sleep, I could read.”

— Gail Carson Levine

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine

He bowed. 'The young lady must not dance alone.

— Gail Carson Levine

When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.

— Gail Carson Levine

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

— Gail Carson Levine

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

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.

— Gail Carson Levine

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

Luck was with me. I saw no spiders. Luck was against me. I saw no specters.

— Gail Carson Levine

Step follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory.

— Gail Carson Levine

I'm solitary as a pulled tooth, Lonely as an unwelcome truth, Lost as a minnow out of school, A genius in a…

— Gail Carson Levine

I love having written. Sometimes I love writing. I love to revise. Revising is my favorite part of writing.

— Gail Carson Levine

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

I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write.…

— Gail Carson Levine

Father asks frequently in his letters whether I fancy any Ayorthaian young lady or any in our acquaintance at home. I say…

— Gail Carson Levine

“I saw the other loners the way everyone else did-as unappealing, as to be avoided at all costs. If I hung out…

— Gail Carson Levine

She asks why I like her. Might as well ask Why I breathe. Maybe tomorrow I won't Breathe or like her Anymore.…

— Gail Carson Levine

The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing…

— Gail Carson Levine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far…

— Gail Carson Levine

“Darling, everyone is beautiful in her own way, and I am a fairy.”

— Gail Carson Levine