I wonder if everyone who faces death hurts like this. It's as though for the first time I … - Shannon Hale

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Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

Shannon Hale

I wonder if everyone who faces death hurts like this. It's as though for the first time I realize how much just being alive makes my body ache. But I don't want that ache to stop.

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I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.

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Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion.

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In some ways, I don’t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I was making up stories. I love reading and I love telling stories, and the times in my life when I’ve tried to ignore that part of me, I’ve gone a little crazy. Characters start tugging on my sleeves, words start haunting me, and I feel generally unsatisfied. Really, being a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

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How I keep trying to force our story into a fairy tale, but from the beginning, it's been more like a nursery rhyme. " "Bizarre and adorable?" "Just like you. " "With rings in your pockets and bells on your toes" "Ooh, I should really invest in some toes bells.

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You're from where?" "Lay'en. It's near Salt Lake City. " "Spell that for me. " "Um, that would be S-A-L-T-" "No, the other one. The city you're from. " "Oh. L-A-Y-T-O-N. " "Ah-Lay-ton. " That's what I said. " "No you didn't. You just said, 'Lay'en. '" "So I did. But just go ahead and pronounce 'aluminum' for me, Mr. British Man. How are you going to defend that piece of insanity? Why don't you spell it and count syllables and see if your al-um-in-ium makes sense whatsoever?" He bowed his head. "Touch. . .

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