Liesl Shurtliff Quotes

#1. Who was the monster, here?

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#2. All magic has consequences, Rump. Even small magic can have big consequences.

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#3. Funny, that we always told stories with wolves and beasts and demons as villains, but in real life it seemed the humans were always the worst enemies. You could be your own villain.

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#4. A name is a powerful thing.

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#5. And that's its own kind of magic - to feel that people who are gone are still here.

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#6. Simple needs make a simple life.

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#7. I woke with my name singing in my ears. It was a beautiful sound, music unlike any in the world. It made me wish that everything could have such a name. Not just people, but animals and villages, and roads and kingdoms, even mountains.

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#8. A stiltskin is magic at its greatest. Pure magic, un-meddled-with and more powerful than any enchantment or spell.

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#9. It's hard not to feel guilty when starving people bring you food.

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#10. Maybe destiny isn't something that just happens. Maybe destiny is something you do. Maybe destiny is like a seed and it grows.

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#11. It's all the things in the middle that make a person special.

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#12. Life is like a story. It doesn't mean anything if it doesn't end.

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#13. Rhymes make me feel better when I'm down ... When you say the words and the sounds match, it feels like everything in the world is in its place and whatever you say is powerful and true.

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#14. Life would be awfully grim and glum if I couldn't laugh at myself.

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#15. It's difficult to tell how much time is really passing when you're hungry and bored.

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#16. Sometimes we have to fall down before we can stand up.

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#17. Just as people laugh at a name like Rump, they fear a name like Red. Red is not a name. It's a color, an evil color. What kind of destiny does that bring?

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#18. Home is a place to get out of the rain
It cradles the hurt and mends the pain
And no one cares about your name
Or the height of your head
Or the size of your brain

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#19. I didn't think meanness was ever in anyone's destiny. Meanness was a choice.

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#20. Names are powerful and so is destiny, but a person's will is more powerful than both put together.

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