Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley
Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley, known as Robin McKinley, is an American author of fantasy and children's books. Her 1984 novel The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal as the year's best new American children's book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth16 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
water trying breathe
If you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink.
legs pudding looks
It's hard to look too grand when you're led by someone who looks like a pudding with legs.
feet elbows weight
Sungold blew impatiently and began to dig a hole with one foot. She booted his elbow with her toe and he stopped, but after a moment he lowered his head and blew again, harder, and she could feel him shifting his weight, considering if she might let him dig just a small hole.
thinking red necks
Tsornin's nostrils showed red, but his ears were as alert as ever, and occasionally he would rub his nose gently against the nape of her neck, just in case she was momentarily not thinking about him.
promise wish gone
What was she to say? "The prodigal has returned? The mutineer wishes to be reinstated? The subordinate, having gone to a great deal of trouble to prove her commander wrong, has come back and promises to be a good little subordinate hereafter, or at least until next time?
trust-me reason excellent
As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.
ideas evil poison
the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil
perfect trying honest
I said with perfect honest, "I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.
past night water
My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before something else happened and I was feverishly ripping them off and stuffing them in the wash with double amounts of soap and all the "extra" buttons pushed: extra wash, extra rinse, extra water, extra spin, extra protection against things that go bump in the night.
hurt tiny faces
Tiny fists can hurt quite a lot when they hit you in the face.
robins mice reserved
Mice are terribly chatty. They will chat about anything, and if there is nothing to chat about, they will chat about having nothing to chat about. Compared to mice, robins are reserved.
fate names clear
But it was equally clear to her that this was her fate, that she had called its name and it had come to her, and she could do nothing now but own it.
ocean oysters what-if
...like a grain of sand that gets into an oyster's shell. What if the grain doesn't want to become a pearl? Is it ever asked to climb out quietly and take up its old position as a bit of ocean floor?
believe fate thinking
I don't believe in fate," she said at last. "But I do believe in...loopholes. I think a lot of what keeps the world going is the result of accidents — happy or otherwise — and taking advantage of these.