To pretend I was
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. Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine
I wrote as a
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. And I meditate, and one time when I was meditating, I started thinking, Gee Gail, you love stories — you read all the time. How come you never tell yourself … Read more
Perhaps we can come
Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you’re a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry. Gail Carson Levine
I think kids abandon
I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think that it is more worthwhile to stick with a story and revise it and try to finish it than abandon ship. Revisions, for any writer, are the name of the game. Gail Carson … Read more
The fast fliers are
The fast fliers are not disgraced. Queen Ree reached up for the missing tiara. She saved us, but she’s with him now. Vidia was complicated, two fairies in one, a loyal traitor. Gail Carson Levine
Daughter, we didn’t need
Daughter, we didn’t need your note – or a prince’s visit – to tell us you’d done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father. Gail Carson Levine
To me, merely and
To me, merely and pretty were words that had nothing to do with each other. Pretty went with miraculously, and merely belonged in another paragraph entirely. Gail Carson Levine
Kisses were better than
Kisses were better than potions. Gail Carson Levine
No sign of pleasure
No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead. Gail Carson Levine
Why do you keep
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 … Read more