But right now, at the wedding supper, a bigger problem was emerging. Every time G thought about how to break the news to her, he gulped down a cup of ale. And he thought about it a lot. Every time he looked at his new bride. And he looked at her a lot.

— Cynthia Hand

Cynthia Hand Quotes

She remained an ass for all the rest of her days, as asses typically do.

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Maybe you could write to a future version of yourself. Many people write their journals to future selves, I think. It demonstrates a kind of hopefulness.

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Great,” I answer. It’s fruitless to argue with Dave; he’s so freaking calm. “I’ll get right on that.

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No horse jokes,” he said. “My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book – unharmed! – I will give you a carrot.” He brandished the book at her. “Was that a horse joke?” “Neigh.” “Was that a horse joke?

— Cynthia Hand

Don’t do that,” he says. “Don’t regret us. I don’t. I won’t, ever.

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But my anger was a slippery thing, like a fish I was trying to keep hold of, and it wiggled out of my grasp.

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It’s your mind you have to train, like your mom said that one time, you have to separate yourself from all the crap, get down to the core, focus.

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Brave isn’t something you are. It’s something you do. It comes from action. I appreciate that.

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Don’t be sorry for how you feel. Feel what you need to feel. Own your feelings.

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She sleeps so she doesn’t have to be awake, so she will be conscious of what’s happened as little as possible.

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Well, I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.

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I don’t need a man. I have a gun.

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Never ever, ever, ever, trust a writer. As a whole, they’re a no-good bunch.

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Sometimes it had taken her hours or days to recover from a particularly emotional book, but there’d always been another to take her mind off the anguish.

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Sometimes all a person needs to turn themselves around is one good friend.

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Our purpose on this earth is not a single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing or failing. There’s only us, each moment shaping who we are, into what we will become. So I say forget about the future. Pay attention to now. This moment right now. Let go of expectations. Just be. Then you are free to become something great.

— Cynthia Hand

She took a shuddering breath. Crying, she told herself sternly, does not indicate that you are weak.

— Cynthia Hand

When a man hits a target, they call him a marksman. When I hit it, they call it a trick. Never did like that much. – Annie Oakley I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one. – Calamity Jane.

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But what I’m thinking in this moment is: none of us really get to have our own, separate lives. Our lives are always all horribly tangled up with the people around us. The people we love.

— Cynthia Hand

You can’t get a man with a gun.” “I don’t need a man, Mama. I have a gun.

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