... He was only a person on the outside and... his insides were ashes mixed with coins and a brain.

— Gail Carson Levine

Hush Hattie!" I said, intoxicated with my success. "I don't want to go to my room. Everyone must know I shan't marry the prince." I ran to the door to our street, opened it, and called out into the night, "I shan't marry the prince." I turned back into the hall and ran to Char and threw my arms about his neck. "I shan't marry you." I kissed his cheek. He was safe from me.

— Gail Carson Levine

If I couldn't sleep, I could read.

— Gail Carson Levine

I had been able to break the curse myself. I'd had to have reason enough, love enough to do it, to find the will and the strength.

— Gail Carson Levine

I love you now... I love you immortally, even if I die and there is nothing left of me.

— Gail Carson Levine

I'm solitary as a pulled tooth, Lonely as an unwelcome truth, Lost as a minnow out of school, A genius in a crop of fools.

— Gail Carson Levine

I never met a word I didn't love

— Gail Carson Levine

I never saw a lad, page or prince, so eager to learn to do a thing right.

— 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

I want to be with you forever and beyond...

— Gail Carson Levine