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Shannon Hale is an American author born on January 26, 1974. She is known for her works in fantasy and young adult literature, which have gained widespread popularity among readers.

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Famous Shannon Hale Quotes

“We know it's all just daydreaming. In all likelihood, no one in this forest'll ever get a javelin, and I'll never see my mother's kingdom again, let alone be hailed by crowds as the jewel of Kildenree. Maybe it's vain to wish for it. But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth. Right Finn?”

Knows Real Sometimes Hands Mother Wish Felt Nice Crowds Kingdoms Forests Vain Being Nice Jewels Daydreaming Likelihood Something Real Javelin

Book:The Goose Girl

Source: The Goose Girl

“... and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.”

Real Lasts Felt Poor Chickens

Book:Book of a Thousand Days

Source: Book of a Thousand Days

“We know it's all just daydreaming...But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth.”

Knows Real Sometimes Hands Felt Nice Being Nice Daydreaming Something Real

Author:Shannon Hale

“Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't.”

World Years Two Important Real Character Courses Hundred Thirty Daydreaming Old World Fictional Character Important Life

Book:Austenland: A Novel

Source: Austenland: A Novel

“I'm the sheen on water, Rin thought. I'm a looking glass. I'm not real.”

Real Water Glasses

Book:Forest Born

Source: Forest Born

“I'm not hopeless, that's the problem. I'm too hopeful, if anything ... I'm so thick-headed it's taken me this long to give up on men, but I can't give up completely, you know? So I ... I channel all my hope into an idea, to someone who can't reject me because he isn't real!”

Ifs Knows Men Giving Long I Can Ideas Real Problem Taken Giving Up Hopeful Rejects Hopeless Thick

Author:Shannon Hale

“... fantasy is not practice for what is real—fantasy is the opiate of women.”

Real Practice Fantasy Opiates

Book:Austenland: A Novel

Source: Austenland: A Novel

“I couldn't see what was real until time had washed away everything else.”

Real

Book:Austenland: A Novel

Source: Austenland: A Novel

“Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.”

Real Stories Use Figures

Book:Austenland: A Novel

Source: Austenland: A Novel

About the Author

Born: January 26, 1974
Known for: Author
Quotes: 247

Books & Sources

The Goose GirlRelated source material

Princess AcademyRelated source material

Austenland: A NovelRelated source material

Book of a Thousand DaysRelated source material

Forest BornRelated source material

River SecretsRelated source material

Once Upon a Time: A Story CollectionRelated source material

Princess Academy: Palace of StoneRelated source material

The Unfairest of Them AllRelated source material

Midnight in AustenlandRelated source material

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