“My friends call me by my name." "You don't have any friends." "I don't want you to be my friend, Selia, or my servant, not now. I thought you were both. You have let me know I was wrong. So are you to treat me so. You are wrong.” KnowsWantNamesMy FriendsTreatsLet MeServantCall Me Book:The Goose Girl Source: The Goose Girl
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little” WantLittlesCareersPossessionThirtySatisfyingFabulousHairdos Book:Austenland: A Novel Source: Austenland: A Novel
“I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.” WantSoulPainFallMorningHeardSkyStrangeSweetEternalBlueChaosCloudsYellowAncestorGentlenessFall BackBlue SkyFunny Good MorningMorning Sky Author:Shannon Hale
“He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.” WayWantMadeKissingLipsSpots Author:Shannon Hale
“Wait, I want more green. I hope I did not imply I only wanted your colors. We can't turn a cold shoulder to green, and blue, and purple, for the sake of all ordered things, how can you dismiss purple? Celi, call Nom back and tell him of my need for purple!” WantNeedsWantedTurnsWaitingColorColdBlueGreenSakeShouldersPurpleCold Shoulder Book:River Secrets Source: River Secrets
“I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you.” IfsKnowsWantShouldFirstsLostSidesTerribleKingdomsI Want YouEvery SecondLost You Book:Enna Burning Source: Enna Burning
“How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be? ~Razo” ThinkingWantFeelsDoeFacesSoundVoiceMissingMouthsHotDryChests Book:River Secrets Source: River Secrets
“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.” IfsWantFirstsBodyFacesRealizingHurtWonderAliveFirst TimeJust BeingAche Book:Book of a Thousand Days Source: Book of a Thousand Days
“Saying my story makes me want to change it, make it sound pretty the way I do with the stories I tell the workers. I'd like it to have a beginning as grand as a ball and an ending in a whisper, like a mother tucking in a child for sleep.” WayWantChildrenStoriesMotherSoundSleepBallsWorkersLike A Mother Author:Shannon Hale
“I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. There’s no way I can control the story you tell yourself from my book. Your own experiences, preferences, prejudices, mood at the moment, current events in your life, needs and wants influence how you read my every word.” WayWantNeedsDoeI CanBookMomentsStoriesInfluenceEventsReaderPrejudiceCurrentsMoodStorytellingPreferenceNeeds And WantsCurrent Events Author:Shannon Hale
