the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil Robin McKinley More Quotes by Robin McKinley More Quotes From Robin McKinley ...My friend, there are some things that I cannot tell you. Some I will tell you in time; some, others will tell you; some you may never know, or you may be the first to find the answers. Robin McKinley answersmayfirsts He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough. Robin McKinley laughedmoments 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 solitary unchallenged masters of the globe and probably the universe and the only question was whether we were handling our mastery well. (No. Next question.) Robin McKinley long-agointelligentanimal Can't all beasts be tamed? Robin McKinley tamedbeast But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross it, however well guarded its thorns may be. Robin McKinley bordersmayworld Roses are for love. Not silly sweet-hearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the worst your life'll give you and that pours out of you when you're given the best instead. Robin McKinley sillyheartsweet 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 not going to tell you. Get used to it. Robin McKinley telling-the-truthstufftrying ...and again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and thought, I would rather live in a hut in the woods; a hut like the one of my first memories, with a clean-swept dirt floor, and a brown-eyed boy watching me from behind his mother's skirts as I watched him from behind mine. Robin McKinley mothermemoriesboys it goes something like 'There are a lot of ways to be yourself. Robin McKinley being-yourselfway Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose? Robin McKinley losestrust-mesaid Then marry me. For I love you, and I do not believe there is anything so wrong with you. You are fair in my eyes and you lie fair on my heart. Robin McKinley love-youbelievelying My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and consternation for some interval." I stared at him. "You made a *joke*." "I have heard this kind of thing may happen. Robin McKinley vampiredoemorning The weak grey light that serves as harbinger of red and golden dawn faintly lit my window. I fumbled for a candle, found and lit it, and by its little light saw that the rose floating in the bowl was dying. It had already lost most of its petals, which floated on the water like tiny, un-seaworthy boats, deserted for safer craft. "Dear God," I said. "I must go back at once. Robin McKinley lightrosewater It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere. Anyone who needs further explication of this eccentricity can find it usefully set out in the first pages of W. Somerset Maugham's story "The Book-Bag. Robin McKinley readingbookneeds Cigars should be like onions," she said, unfastening the catch and pushing back the pane. "Either the whole company does, or the whole company does not. Robin McKinley onionspushingdoe Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe. Robin McKinley charliebigsguy Because she was a princess she had a pegasus. Robin McKinley pegasusprincess All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said. Robin McKinley sattiredsaid Stay a little while longer, and let everyone congratulate you - including the ones who clearly don't want to: in fact, especially the ones who clearly don't want to. You don't have to say anything but 'thank you Robin McKinley congratulationssay-anythingwant Sometimes it is better not to know. Sometimes when you do know you just fold up. Robin McKinley foldsknowssometimes
