“ I wasn't grateful. You want to talk cranky, coitus interruptus takes me well beyond cranky. My engorged labia felt like they were pressing on my brain—what there was of my brain—and if I didn't get to… Robin McKinley
“ Mice are terribly chatty. They will chat about anything, and if there is nothing to chat about, they will chat about having nothing to chat about. Compared to mice, robins are reserved. Robin McKinley
“ Swords. That is no faenorn ; that is slaughter. The Grand Seneschal shrugged. The Master did not protest. And, indeed, what weapon could he have suggested that would suit him any better? Fire, she sai… Robin McKinley
“ It is halfway true that if you are involved in a family coffeehouse you don't have a life. Robin McKinley
“ One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things. Robin McKinley
“ But with the hours I sometimes kept at the coffeehouse I had to have learned to take naps during the day or die, and I had learned to take naps. Up until five months ago something or other or die had… Robin McKinley
“ Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots… Robin McKinley
“ When you're feeding the second coachload of tourists that day you aren't thinking about the birthday party for fifty next week. Robin McKinley
“ Although when there were too many people around- which there certainly were today- it was hard even to remember to say thank you: all those people were like drowning. Robin McKinley
“ You can be a really nasty, selfish little jerk when you're scared enough. I was scared enough. Robin McKinley
“ Don't you being short?' she blurted. He spread his small hands and looked at them. 'I am a magician, not a princess. A pony costs less to keep than a horse, which means I can buy more books.' He paus… Robin McKinley
“ She thought, I need no cup. I am Chalice. I am filling with the grief and hurt and fear of my demesne; the shattered earthlines weigh me down; I am brimming with the needs of my people. Robin McKinley
“ Her betrothed is a lout, her father is a boor; and now her brother is trailing around looking like a thunderstorm about to burst. Men are not sensible creatures.''Thank you,' said Robin. Robin McKinley
“ She wished for Ebono as she wished every time she saw Lrrianay at her father's shoulder, or any pegasus at any bond-mate's shoulder, or any pegasus. Or any time she took a breath, she wished again for… Robin McKinley
