Robin McKinley Quotes


She laughed at him then, because he sounded like a small boy, not like a very large grown-up Beast with a voice so deep it made the hair on the back of your neck stir when you heard it. 'But vegetables are good for you,' she said, and added caressingly, 'They make you grow up big and strong.' He smiled, showing a great many teeth. 'You see why I wish to eat no more vegetables.


Citations

McKinley, Robin. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast. Harper & Row, 1978.

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Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley
  • Born: November 16, 1952
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Jennifer Carolyn 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.