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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!

Gail Carson Levine

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Gail Carson Levine
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 17
Author
Writer
New York
United States
Values
Hope
Sympathy
Stories
Plot
Find
Theme
Way
Kindness
Interested
Humor
Effort

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That's funny, you're funny. I like you, I'm quite taken by you.
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Step follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory.
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A library is infinity under a roof.
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But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he'd caught the bridle of Sir Stephan's horse. His face had been close to mine. Two curls had spilled onto his forehead. A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go.
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Luck was with me. I saw no spiders. Luck was against me. I saw no specters.
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Voices and faces aren't manifestations of good or bad.
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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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Who judges the judge who judges wrong?
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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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Fate...may...be...thwarted.
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There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.
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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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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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When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.
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Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. No need, Char and I chimed together. Remember when you were a squirrel, Mandy said.
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Kisses were better than potions.
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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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that the book is really good. and theres a prince in it to.
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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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