I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think that it is more worthwhile to stick with a story and revise it and try to finish it than abandon ship. Revisions, for any writer, are the name of the game.

— Gail Carson Levine

Gail Carson Levine Quotes

She asks why I like her. Might as well ask Why I breathe. Maybe tomorrow I won’t Breathe or like her Anymore. Maybe tomorrow the tides Will stop. Maybe tomorrow will bring No more rainbows. Maybe tomorrow She will stop Asking useless questions.

— Gail Carson Levine

He -it- was a specter! I stepped back, stunned.

— Gail Carson Levine

You’re Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself.

— Gail Carson Levine

The Writer’s Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.

— Gail Carson Levine

I wonder how Admat can be everywhere. Is he in my sandal? Or is he my sandal itself? Why would a god bother to be a sandal? Does he wear shoes or sandals himself, invisible ones?

— Gail Carson Levine

Father asks frequently in his letters whether I fancy any Ayorthaian young lady or any in our acquaintance at home. I say no I suppose I’m confessing another fault: pride. I don’t want him to know that I love if my affections are not returned.

— Gail Carson Levine

Although we didn’t invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. “No need,” Char and I chimed together. “Remember when you were a squirrel,” Mandy said.

— Gail Carson Levine

Kisses were better than potions.

— Gail Carson Levine

Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me? I remember you. Clouds brushing Clover hills, Remember me? Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember me? I remember you.

— Gail Carson Levine

I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don’t overlook.

— Gail Carson Levine

I don’t wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.

— Gail Carson Levine

I rode all day. I cried all night. The moon didn’t glow. The sun didn’t rise. A comet blazed Between my eyes. West and South, Wind and rain. Every way is Just the same. Pray give me a box To hide inside. Pray give me a spade To dig my own grave.

— Gail Carson Levine

Daughter, we didn’t need your note – or a prince’s visit – to tell us you’d done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.

— Gail Carson Levine

Voices and faces aren’t manifestations of good or bad.

— Gail Carson Levine

But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he’d caught the bridle of Sir Stephan’s horse. His face had been close to mine. Two curls had spilled onto his forehead. A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go.

— Gail Carson Levine

Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you’re a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry.

— Gail Carson Levine

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone’s true character is revealed.

— Gail Carson Levine

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don’t like writing them, or if they bore you, skip ’em.

— Gail Carson Levine

My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it’s loosely based on my father’s childhood in an orphanage.

— Gail Carson Levine
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