Shirley Rousseau Murphy Quotes

#1. And Anwin said, "It turned out just as an enchantment should."
"But Anwin, it wasn't an enchantment really, it just - "
"Yes, child, it was the greatest enchantment of all." He winked at the prince. "Gillie understood all along what the enchantment was.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#2. Dulcie said there were no cats in the Bible, but Kit wasn't sure she believed that. Why would there be horses and cows and dogs, wild pigs and weasels, but no cats? Why, when everyone knew that a little cat would have to be God's favorite?

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#3. I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#4. You prepare as best you can for the bad times- then live every moment with joy.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#5. ... life wasn't full of problems, it was rich with decisions.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#6. Crystal shoes
And a mare to ride on,
A milk white mare,
And a silver woven in my hair.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#7. The poetry made her uncomfortable. It was too much like reading spells.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#8. I have continued to come here for that kind of aloneness, so very different from being lonely with someone.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#9. You shall have," Gillie said, "the king's bread and goat milk."
"The magical goat milk?"
"The same."
"Will it make me beautiful?"
"It cannot. You are already that.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#10. We will get you a dress with magic, just as in the stories," he said seriously.
"But they're only stories, Gillie, Magic isn't real."
"We will make it real.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy