--- title: "225 Robin McKinley Quotes - Famous Children's writer (3 Minutes, Alone with God)" description: "Robin McKinley quotes on quirky leaders, odd scenes, and gentle animal moments." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b192/author-robin-mckinley-1591.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b192/author-robin-mckinley-1591.jpg) # Robin McKinley (1952) Children's Writer United States **225** quotes in **824** categories Robin McKinley jokes about a leader who looks like a pudding with legs, making grand plans feel odd. She describes a strange carpet full of hedgehogs and a king who worries about his people's unhappiness. She also writes about a sheep that nuzzles a sad character, showing gentle moments. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robin McKinley is a children's writer from the United States, best known for *3 Minutes, Alone with God*. ## Quick Facts About Robin McKinley Born November 16, 1952 Nationality United States Profession Children's Writer Notable works 3 Minutes, Alone with God Known for Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Deerskin, Sunshine, The Hero and the Crown Spouse Peter Dickinson ## About Robin McKinley Robin McKinley is an American author famous for fantasy novels and fairy‑tale retellings; her 1984 book The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal. In 2022 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 39th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for her significant contributions to science‑fiction and fantasy literature. ## Awards & Honors Newbery Medal Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award World Fantasy Award for Best Collection Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature ## Quotes by Robin McKinley > [Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/charlie-is-one-of-the-big-good-guys-in-my-universe/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/robin-mckinley-1591_bigs_charlie-is-one-of-the-big-good-guys-in-m_2084394.png) > [There are things you don't want to know you can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-are-things-you-don-t-want-to-know-you-can-do/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/robin-mckinley-1591_know_there-are-things-you-don-t-want-to-know_2153340.png) > [“A writer who isn't writing isn't really alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/a-writer-who-isn-t-writing-isn-t-really-alive/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Writer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/robin-mckinley-1591_writer_a-writer-who-isn-t-writing-isn-t-really_2348901.png) > [Because she was a princess she had a pegasus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/because-she-was-a-princess-she-had-a-pegasus/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Pegasus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pegasus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/robin-mckinley-1591_pegasus_because-she-was-a-princess-she-had-a-peg_2906590.png) > [Betrayal would be a different sort of sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/betrayal-would-be-a-different-sort-of-sick/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Betrayal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betrayal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/robin-mckinley-1591_betrayal_betrayal-would-be-a-different-sort-of-si_1436567.png) > [“Cannot a Beast be tamed?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/cannot-a-beast-be-tamed/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/robin-mckinley-1591_animals_cannot-a-beast-be-tamed-651088_651088.png) > [“It is not so easy as running and not running.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-is-not-so-easy-as-running-and-not-running/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/robin-mckinley-1591_courage_it-is-not-so-easy-as-running-and-not-run_344157.png) > [Can't all beasts be tamed?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/can-t-all-beasts-be-tamed/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/robin-mckinley-1591_animals_can-t-all-beasts-be-tamed-2550531_2550531.png) > [“I have a new theory about algebra," I said. "I'm going to learn it by osmosis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-have-a-new-theory-about-algebra-i-said-i-m-going-to-learn-it-by/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Algebra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/algebra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/robin-mckinley-1591_algebra_i-have-a-new-theory-about-algebra-i-said_1937321.png) > [“And since I am the only one who sees you, why are you not then beautiful?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/and-since-i-am-the-only-one-who-sees-you-why-are-you-not-then/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/robin-mckinley-1591_beautiful_and-since-i-am-the-only-one-who-sees-you_1947026.png) > [“But it is not, as we say when we are being diplomatic, a fruitful source of inquiry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-it-is-not-as-we-say-when-we-are-being-diplomatic-a-fruitful/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Diplomacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diplomacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/robin-mckinley-1591_diplomacy_but-it-is-not-as-we-say-when-we-are-bein_1402192.png) > [I almost wish I'd had the forethought to eat a tree myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-almost-wish-i-d-had-the-forethought-to-eat-a-tree-myself/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Forethought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forethought/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/robin-mckinley-1591_forethought_i-almost-wish-i-d-had-the-forethought-to_2443962.png) > [“I have a mastery of the art of worrying that is a burden to me if I may not use it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-have-a-mastery-of-the-art-of-worrying-that-is-a-burden-to-me-if-i/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/robin-mckinley-1591_art_i-have-a-mastery-of-the-art-of-worrying_2800161.png) > [The story is always better than your ability to write it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-story-is-always-better-than-your-ability-to-write-it/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/robin-mckinley-1591_ability_the-story-is-always-better-than-your-abi_1861283.png) > [Yes, I am letting my own experience color my answer, which is what experience is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/yes-i-am-letting-my-own-experience-color-my-answer-which-is-what/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/robin-mckinley-1591_answers_yes-i-am-letting-my-own-experience-color_839927.png) > [We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/we-kings-do-develop-a-certain-ability-to-recognize-objects-under-our/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/robin-mckinley-1591_ability_we-kings-do-develop-a-certain-ability-to_663303.png) > [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…](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/) [Liar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/robin-mckinley-1591_liar_but-i-m-going-to-try-to-tell-the-truth-e_225397.png) > [I don't differentiate in the way that the genre creators want differentiation to be made. I feel that I have never written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-don-t-differentiate-in-the-way-that-the-genre-creators-want/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/robin-mckinley-1591_children_i-don-t-differentiate-in-the-way-that-th_1505288.jpg) > [...My friend, there are some things that I cannot tell you. Some I will tell you in time; some, others will tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/my-friend-there-are-some-things-that-i-cannot-tell-you-some-i-will/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/robin-mckinley-1591_answers_my-friend-there-are-some-things-that-i-c_742886.png) > [“My father... raised me to make up my own mind. The way he did this was by yielding to me when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/my-father-raised-me-to-make-up-my-own-mind-the-way-he-did-this-was-by/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/robin-mckinley-1591_father_my-father-raised-me-to-make-up-my-own-mi_438673.png) > [One keeps searching for ease, she did not say, and not finding it, till the memories of no-pain seem only like daydreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/one-keeps-searching-for-ease-she-did-not-say-and-not-finding-it-till/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/robin-mckinley-1591_daydreaming_one-keeps-searching-for-ease-she-did-not_635117.png) > [“I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version of that is that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-don-t-put-up-with-being-messed-around-and-i-don-t-suffer-fools/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/robin-mckinley-1591_bitch_i-don-t-put-up-with-being-messed-around_888845.png) > [“When you're feeding the second coachload of tourists that day you aren't thinking about the birthday party for fifty next week.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/when-you-re-feeding-the-second-coachload-of-tourists-that-day-you/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/robin-mckinley-1591_birthday_when-you-re-feeding-the-second-coachload_1336943.png) > [You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/you-are-attempting-to-be-logical-i-suspect-and-logic-has-little-to-do/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Administration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/robin-mckinley-1591_administration_you-are-attempting-to-be-logical-i-suspe_1110150.png) > [“She had had insomnia badly when she was fresh from Home… She had had only occasional bad nights since then. Bad? she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-had-had-insomnia-badly-when-she-was-fresh-from-home-she-had-had/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Insomnia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/insomnia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/robin-mckinley-1591_insomnia_she-had-had-insomnia-badly-when-she-was_1576182.png) > [“There was a certain bitter humor to lying awake wishing for something one cannot have, after lying awake not so long ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-was-a-certain-bitter-humor-to-lying-awake-wishing-for-something/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/robin-mckinley-1591_heart_there-was-a-certain-bitter-humor-to-lyin_2175691.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) > [“What if the wrong person showed up first and said you were expecting them?' I said. 'I told them middling tall, skinny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/what-if-the-wrong-person-showed-up-first-and-said-you-were-expecting/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Pride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pride/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/robin-mckinley-1591_pride_what-if-the-wrong-person-showed-up-first_1397541.png) > [...but with the hours I sometimes kept at the coffeehouse I had to have learned to take naps during the day or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-with-the-hours-i-sometimes-kept-at-the-coffeehouse-i-had-to-have/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/robin-mckinley-1591_choices_but-with-the-hours-i-sometimes-kept-at-t_1912123.png) > [“Slowly, painfully, I let go. It was like prying my own fingers off the edge of the cliff. And that hurt too-particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/slowly-painfully-i-let-go-it-was-like-prying-my-own-fingers-off-the/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/robin-mckinley-1591_acceptance_slowly-painfully-i-let-go-it-was-like-pr_2719922.png) > [“There was, too, a reality to her new life that her old life had lacked, and she realized with a shock that…](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/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/robin-mckinley-1591_heart_there-was-too-a-reality-to-her-new-life_212024.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/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/robin-mckinley-1591_balance_feeling-at-peace-however-fragilely-made_691458.jpg) > [“But--no--splendid is not the right word. they are splendid, but they are--they are so friendly. Oh dear!' she said, and looked up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-no-splendid-is-not-the-right-word-they-are-splendid-but-they-are/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/robin-mckinley-1591_admire_but-no-splendid-is-not-the-right-word-th_1481678.png) > [When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/when-you-write-your-first-novel-you-don-t-really-know-what-you-re/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/robin-mckinley-1591_able_when-you-write-your-first-novel-you-don_3112295.png) > [“She thought, He's afraid I'll make a mess of it. She was sure she had been careful to think that on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-thought-he-s-afraid-i-ll-make-a-mess-of-it-she-was-sure-she-had/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/robin-mckinley-1591_afraid_she-thought-he-s-afraid-i-ll-make-a-mess_2873261.png) > [“Would it help perhaps if I told you that, had your father returned to me alone, I would have sent him on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/would-it-help-perhaps-if-i-told-you-that-had-your-father-returned-to/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Mind and heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind-and-heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/robin-mckinley-1591_mind-and-heart_would-it-help-perhaps-if-i-told-you-that_2807545.png) > [“The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and…](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/) [Cup of tea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cup-of-tea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/robin-mckinley-1591_cup-of-tea_the-magic-in-that-country-was-so-thick-a_233579.png) > [“We are all only mortal," said the Master, even more slowly. "We do only what we can do. All the Elemental priests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/we-are-all-only-mortal-said-the-master-even-more-slowly-we-do-only/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/robin-mckinley-1591_death_we-are-all-only-mortal-said-the-master-e_2871054.png) > [She poured the water, arranged some bread near enough the embers to scorch but not catch fire, and looked up at Little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-poured-the-water-arranged-some-bread-near-enough-the-embers-to/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/robin-mckinley-1591_blades_she-poured-the-water-arranged-some-bread_2066856.jpg) > [Oh, why does compassion weaken us?' It doesn't, really...Somewhere where it all balances out-don't the philosophers have a name for it, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/oh-why-does-compassion-weaken-us-it-doesn-t-really-somewhere-where-it/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/robin-mckinley-1591_answers_oh-why-does-compassion-weaken-us-it-does_538081.png) ## Robin McKinley by topic [Humor (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/robin-mckinley/) [Heart (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/robin-mckinley/) [Writing (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/robin-mckinley/) [Writer (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/robin-mckinley/) [Magic (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/magic/robin-mckinley/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/robin-mckinley/) [Thinking (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/robin-mckinley/) [Parenting 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