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Robin McKinley is an American children's literature author known for her modern interpretations of myths and legends. Her works, rich in imagination and deep emotion, have won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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“She had always been the least of the sisters, called Beauty because she had no other, better characteristic to name her as herself.”

Names Beauty Sisters Beauty And The Beast

Book:Rose Daughter

Source: Rose Daughter

“I chewed my lip, felt the whole weight of my family’s love concentrated in my father’s hand, pushing me down where I sat.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“By the time it was evident that I was going to let down the family by being plain, I’d been called Beauty for over six years; and while I came to hate the name, I was too proud to ask that it be discarded.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“Horses are the only thing that will take her from her precious Greek poets,” said Hope. “And Tom says she’s the only woman he knows who can ride properly.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“In our new life it was the reading I missed the most. The daylight hours were spent working, and much of the evening also, mending clothes and tools and bits of this and that by firelight”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“Poverty seemed to agree with me. Grace and I were bridesmaids at Hope’s wedding, and while Grace looked fragile and ethereal and Hope was flushed and warm with love, I did contrive to look presentable.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“This Beast has a sense of humour, at least. We shall get along quite well together, perhaps.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“Longing for home broke over me suddenly and awfully, and closed my throat.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“Platonic principles rushed into my mouth so fast that they choked me silent.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“I liked and needed solitude, for study and reflection; but I also wanted someone to talk to.”

Book:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Source: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

“Yesterday we had feared a doom we did not know; today the doom was known by us all, and feared no less.”

Fear Beauty Possibility Tomorrow Doom Retelling

Author:Robin McKinley

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Born: November 16, 1952
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Quotes: 162

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