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In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.
Gail Carson Levine
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Gail Carson Levine
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 17
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I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.
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I know all about you, Char announced after we'd taken a few more steps. You do? How could you? Your cook and our cook meet at the market. She talks about you. He looked sideways at me. Do you know much about me?
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He bowed. 'The young lady must not dance alone.
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I wonder how Admat can be everywhere. Is he in my sandal? Or is he my sandal itself? Why would a god bother to be a sandal? Does he wear shoes or sandals himself, invisible ones?
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Crying is part of the adventure.
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When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The bridge is made of wood. As you cross, it burns behind you
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I rode all day. I cried all night. The moon didn’t glow. The sun didn’t rise. A comet blazed Between my eyes. West and South, Wind and rain. Every way is Just the same. Pray give me a box To hide inside. Pray give me a spade To dig my own grave.
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A library is infinity under a roof.
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Who judges the judge who judges wrong?
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Fate...may...be...thwarted.
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To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail. He laughed again. You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom.
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I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself
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I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor!
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Would you favor me with a dance? Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. Have we met before, Lady?
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Why do you keep reading a book? Usually to find out what happens. Why do you give up and stop reading it? There may be lots of reasons. But often the answer is you don't care what happens. So what makes the difference between caring and not caring? The author's cruelty. And the reader's sympathy...it takes a mean author to write a good story.
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He is flawless, without a blemish. Majesic . . . muscular.
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