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We found it! " Charlotte yelled, as they ran back through the house. "We found it, we found it! " Eddie, Mr. Mallery, and Colonel Andrews came from separate directions, converging in the front hall. Miss Charming was hopping up and down, her bosom nearly rising to slap her own forehead.Shannon Hale
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But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?Shannon Hale
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Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.Shannon Hale
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Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.Shannon Hale
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Don't beat yourself up, " said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion...Shannon Hale
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The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.Shannon Hale
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In movies, we are accustomed to seeing handsome actors. It's so commonplace on the screen, large or small, that we barely note it as extraordinary. But in life, rarely do we encounter an onslaught of beauty, entire a hive of handsomeness, find ourselves awash in an ocean of attractiveness, drowning in a miasma of hotness.Shannon Hale
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Charlotte wondered if she would have recognized the crazy much earlier if he looked more like Steve Buscemi then Mr. Medieval Hotness.Shannon Hale