All Robin McKinley Quotes
- So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all by myself. Reread… All
- What you describe is how it happens to everyone: magic does slide through you, and disappear, and come back later looking like something else. And… Back Later
- And if my choice is to sit graciously in my best robes and accept the inevitable or to bail a sea with a bucket, give… Accept
- He grunted; she recognized it as relief that she wasn't going to nag him further about Tor the Just, who probably wasn't that boring if… Boring
- Mathin said: "It is best to take your opponent's sash. The kysin mark each blow dealt, but to cut off the other rider's sash is… Added
- You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration. Administration
- At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams… Abilities
- It seems to me further, that it is very odd that fate should leave so careful a trail, and spend so little time preparing the… Careful
- Sometimes it is better not to know. Sometimes when you do know you just fold up. Better
- Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose? Him
- My books happen. They tend to blast in from nowhere, seize me by the throat, and howl 'Write me! Write me now!' But they rarely… Air
- Then marry me. For I love you, and I do not believe there is anything so wrong with you. You are fair in my eyes… Believe
- Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your life suddenly implodes.… All
- My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and… Consternation
- The weak grey light that serves as harbinger of red and golden dawn faintly lit my window. I fumbled for a candle, found and lit… Already Lost
- It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere. Anyone… Anyone
- Cigars should be like onions," she said, unfastening the catch and pushing back the pane. "Either the whole company does, or the whole company does… Catch
- Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe. Big
- Because she was a princess she had a pegasus. Inspirational
- All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said. All
- Say yes, babe, or I'll spill you off over the Wall next time - got it? Babe
- One day" she told them, "when you have retired, you will go to live with a family who will love you for your beauty and… Add
- Everything was an adventure, at night, when you were where you shouldn't be, even if it was somwhere you could go perfectly well in daylight,… Adventure
- Stay a little while longer, and let everyone congratulate you - including the ones who clearly don't want to: in fact, especially the ones who… Clearly
- ...there remained a strange formality between them, and her pleasure in his presence felt too much like missing him had felt during the last week. Felt