--- title: "Best Robin McKinley Quotes" description: "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." 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 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 · Page 2 > [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/) [Face](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/robin-mckinley-1591_face_i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i_193285.png) > [“ You did not disturb me, said the pegasus. I disturbed myself, that I might speak to you. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/you-did-not-disturb-me-said-the-pegasus-i-disturbed-myself-that-i/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Disturb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disturb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/robin-mckinley-1591_disturb_you-did-not-disturb-me-said-the-pegasus_2656444.png) > [“Mathin had taught her patience, and she had known all of her life how to be stubborn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/mathin-had-taught-her-patience-and-she-had-known-all-of-her-life-how/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/robin-mckinley-1591_life_mathin-had-taught-her-patience-and-she-h_1766257.png) > [it goes something like 'There are a lot of ways to be yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-goes-something-like-there-are-a-lot-of-ways-to-be-yourself/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Being yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-yourself/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/robin-mckinley-1591_being-yourself_it-goes-something-like-there-are-a-lot-o_1553737.png) > [“Galanna's gift, it was dryly said, was to be impossible to please.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/galanna-s-gift-it-was-dryly-said-was-to-be-impossible-to-please/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Said Impossible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-impossible-936361/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/robin-mckinley-1591_said-impossible_galanna-s-gift-it-was-dryly-said-was-to_1958977.png) > [Your attitude is perhaps a little unnecessarily rigorous," suggested Jack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/your-attitude-is-perhaps-a-little-unnecessarily-rigorous-suggested/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/robin-mckinley-1591_attitude_your-attitude-is-perhaps-a-little-unnece_1538656.png) > [Say yes, babe, or I'll spill you off over the Wall next time - got it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/say-yes-babe-or-i-ll-spill-you-off-over-the-wall-next-time-got-it/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Babe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/robin-mckinley-1591_babe_say-yes-babe-or-i-ll-spill-you-off-over_3080375.png) > [“we may not like it, but we need human friends, because we have human enemies whether we will or nay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/we-may-not-like-it-but-we-need-human-friends-because-we-have-human/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Enemies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/robin-mckinley-1591_enemies_we-may-not-like-it-but-we-need-human-fri_2933095.png) > [Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/laughter-went-on-and-on-like-sunlight-and-stone-even-if-the-human/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/robin-mckinley-1591_comedy_laughter-went-on-and-on-like-sunlight-an_555678.png) > [Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/tell-me-who-you-are-you-need-not-tell-me-your-name-names-have-power/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Humans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/robin-mckinley-1591_humans_tell-me-who-you-are-you-need-not-tell-me_1355630.png) > [She fell asleep, leaning on his chest, and he edged her a little off a particularly painful bruise, leaned his head back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-fell-asleep-leaning-on-his-chest-and-he-edged-her-a-little-off-a/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Bruises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bruises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/robin-mckinley-1591_bruises_she-fell-asleep-leaning-on-his-chest-and_1148303.png) > [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/) [Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/robin-mckinley-1591_accidents_i-don-t-believe-in-fate-she-said-at-last_2512962.png) > [“We had to go back to the coffeehouse: the Wreck was there. Mel had walked over. Well, I don’t know about walked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/we-had-to-go-back-to-the-coffeehouse-the-wreck-was-there-mel-had/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Wreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a7/robin-mckinley-1591_wreck_we-had-to-go-back-to-the-coffeehouse-the_1251219.png) > [I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-love-you-i-will-love-you-till-the-stars-crumble-which-is-a-less/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Idle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/robin-mckinley-1591_idle_i-love-you-i-will-love-you-till-the-star_290067.png) > [“Even Mongo liked him, although Mongo likes everybody. (Also Mongo was so thrilled with himsel for staying in the dog bed till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/even-mongo-liked-him-although-mongo-likes-everybody-also-mongo-was-so/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Dogs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/robin-mckinley-1591_dogs_even-mongo-liked-him-although-mongo-like_2757576.png) > [“No, but I am working up to telling you that there is no possibility of there being done what ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/no-but-i-am-working-up-to-telling-you-that-there-is-no-possibility-of/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Possibility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/possibility/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robin-mckinley-1591_possibility_no-but-i-am-working-up-to-telling-you-th_451080.png) > [My capacity for invention is flash hot stark, I thought. Sucker sunshade. Disembodied radar-reconnaissance. Not to mention Bitter Chocolate Death and Killer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/my-capacity-for-invention-is-flash-hot-stark-i-thought-sucker/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Bitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/robin-mckinley-1591_bitter_my-capacity-for-invention-is-flash-hot-s_2546635.png) > [Sungold blew impatiently and began to dig a hole with one foot. She booted his elbow with her toe and he stopped,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/sungold-blew-impatiently-and-began-to-dig-a-hole-with-one-foot-she/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Considering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/considering/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/robin-mckinley-1591_considering_sungold-blew-impatiently-and-began-to-di_1965067.png) > [ But the uproar this caused was nothing compared with the uproar when Katronia noticed \[Rosie\] had also cut her eyelashes. Various negotiations… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/but-the-uproar-this-caused-was-nothing-compared-with-the-uproar-when/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Cutting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cutting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/robin-mckinley-1591_cutting_but-the-uproar-this-caused-was-nothing-c_3147724.png) > [Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/never-assume-never-make-plans-keep-doing-the-press-ups-and-deep-knee/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Assuming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assuming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/robin-mckinley-1591_assuming_never-assume-never-make-plans-keep-doing_3106002.png) > [My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/my-sheets-had-never-been-so-clean-as-they-had-in-the-past-few-months/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Bumps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bumps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/robin-mckinley-1591_bumps_my-sheets-had-never-been-so-clean-as-the_2120097.png) > [I like that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself. Sounded like something out of a self-awareness class, probably with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-like-that-a-little-pressure-on-the-understood-boundaries-of/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/robin-mckinley-1591_awareness_i-like-that-a-little-pressure-on-the-und_852358.jpg) > [There had been certain romantic interludes in the past that had included galloping across the desert at night; but he had never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-had-been-certain-romantic-interludes-in-the-past-that-had/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/robin-mckinley-1591_certain_there-had-been-certain-romantic-interlud_2668003.jpg) > [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/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/robin-mckinley-1591_animal_it-wasn-t-so-long-ago-when-all-the-so-ca_2358089.png) > [“The chain round my neck gleamed in the daylight too. It looked more like gold this morning, but if I stirred it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-chain-round-my-neck-gleamed-in-the-daylight-too-it-looked-more/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Real gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-gold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/robin-mckinley-1591_real-gold_the-chain-round-my-neck-gleamed-in-the-d_403654.png) > [“She looked up at once, pierced to the heart by the sorrow in his voice and knowing, from the question and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-looked-up-at-once-pierced-to-the-heart-by-the-sorrow-in-his-voice/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/robin-mckinley-1591_first-time_she-looked-up-at-once-pierced-to-the-hea_445738.jpg) > [“I wasn't grateful. You want to talk cranky, coitus interruptus takes me well beyond cranky. My engorged labia felt like they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-wasn-t-grateful-you-want-to-talk-cranky-coitus-interruptus-takes-me/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/robin-mckinley-1591_anger_i-wasn-t-grateful-you-want-to-talk-crank_907772.jpg) > [“The Beast turned back to me. I could look at him fairly steadily this time. After a moment he said harshly: “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-beast-turned-back-to-me-i-could-look-at-him-fairly-steadily-this/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beast/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/robin-mckinley-1591_beast_the-beast-turned-back-to-me-i-could-look_1776477.jpg) > [“(There was an idea much beloved and written about by this country’s philosophers that magic had to do with negotiating the balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-was-an-idea-much-beloved-and-written-about-by-this-country-s/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/robin-mckinley-1591_humor_there-was-an-idea-much-beloved-and-writt_2850839.png) > [“Little John, watching her standing next to her brother, half-glowering in the old Cecil manner and half-comforted by Robin's words, saw for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/little-john-watching-her-standing-next-to-her-brother-half-glowering/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Brother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/robin-mckinley-1591_brother_little-john-watching-her-standing-next-t_3088014.jpg) > [One day" she told them, "when you have retired, you will go to live with a family who will love you for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/one-day-she-told-them-when-you-have-retired-you-will-go-to-live-with/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/robin-mckinley-1591_add_one-day-she-told-them-when-you-have-reti_1764894.png) > [“It was Ebon's turn now, and he stepped forward and gave the pegasus' great clarion neigh -- far more like a trumpet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-was-ebon-s-turn-now-and-he-stepped-forward-and-gave-the-pegasus/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Bonding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bonding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/robin-mckinley-1591_bonding_it-was-ebon-s-turn-now-and-he-stepped-fo_959783.jpg) > [“The big difference between my mom and me-- besides the fact that she is dead normal and I'm a magic-handling freak-- is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/the-big-difference-between-my-mom-and-me-besides-the-fact-that-she-is/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/robin-mckinley-1591_humor_the-big-difference-between-my-mom-and-me_2839004.png) > [“Stop it. This is me, remember? We've been thrown up by the same puppies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/stop-it-this-is-me-remember-we-ve-been-thrown-up-by-the-same-puppies/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/robin-mckinley-1591_humor_stop-it-this-is-me-remember-we-ve-been-t_1515547.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/) [Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/robin-mckinley-1591_said_all-you-did-was-sit-there-he-said-why-ar_808225.png) > [“there were no bones in his body, only tunes, and no blood, but poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/there-were-no-bones-in-his-body-only-tunes-and-no-blood-but-poetry/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/robin-mckinley-1591_body_there-were-no-bones-in-his-body-only-tun_539253.png) > [“It is halfway true that if you are involved in a family coffeehouse you don't have a life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-is-halfway-true-that-if-you-are-involved-in-a-family-coffeehouse/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Coffeehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffeehouse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/robin-mckinley-1591_coffeehouse_it-is-halfway-true-that-if-you-are-invol_282498.png) > [Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/perhaps-it-is-a-human-thing-to-look-upon-such-beauty-and-fail-to/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/robin-mckinley-1591_beauty_perhaps-it-is-a-human-thing-to-look-upon_776176.png) > [It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/it-is-a-much-more-straightforward-thing-to-be-a-dog-and-a-dog-s-love/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/robin-mckinley-1591_animal_it-is-a-much-more-straightforward-thing_1020741.png) > [“Dogs are very comforting when your world has exploded.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/dogs-are-very-comforting-when-your-world-has-exploded/) [Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/robin-mckinley-1591_animal_dogs-are-very-comforting-when-your-world_437670.png) ## Robin McKinley by topic [Humor (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/robin-mckinley/) [Said (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/robin-mckinley/) [Littles (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/littles/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 (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/robin-mckinley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/#itemlist", "name": "Robin McKinley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I long for another human face just as I fear it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin McKinley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i-fear-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/robin-mckinley-1591_face_i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i_193285.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/robin-mckinley-1591_face_i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i_193285.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/robin-mckinley-1591_face_i-long-for-another-human-face-just-as-i_193285.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I long for another human face just as I fear it.” — Robin McKinley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ You did not disturb me, said the pegasus. 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At that moment she knew that this Beast would not have sent such misery as her father's illness to harry or to punish, knew too that the Beast would keep his promise to her, and to herself she made another promise to him, but of that promise she did not yet herself know. 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