"But when she turned her back to the……" — Shannon Hale
"But when she turned her back to the lights, she saw that the night was so dark...She could not see the stars. The world felt as high as the depthless night sky and deeper than she could know. She understood, suddenly and keenly, that she was too small to run away, and she sat on the damp ground and cried."
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184 Quotes by Shannon Hale
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