Melissa Kantor · 283 pages
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“After all, what did Prince Charming know about Cinderella besides her shoe size?”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Because if I have a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, aren't I supposed to get a prince?”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Nothing.
That's what happens to the stepmother in Cinderella.
Nothing.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“You were sleeping?" said Princess One.
"No," I said. "Sometimes I just like to lie in the dark for hours with my eyes closed.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“People never think things that are true are funny.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Why is it I can spend a dozen Friday nights staring at the peeling walls of my "room" without anyone in the family so much as poking a head down to see if I'm alive, while the one time I actually have plans (major plans, plans that necessitate extraordinary focus and massive preparation), my stepmother suddenly suggests we sing a duet of "Getting to Know You"?”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Apparently being Cinderella isn't so bad after all.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Prince Charming was requesting my presence tonight.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
“Tonight was a perfect illustration of why Cinderella and the Prince get married twenty-four hours after they meet. Because when you're living with your stepmother, there is no happily ever after.”
― Melissa Kantor, quote from If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
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“Without routine, there is no risk of me becoming institutionalised and unable to think for myself. And I must think for myself.”
― B.A. Paris, quote from Behind Closed Doors
“Where's school?" he shrieked at her. "I'm missing cricket practice!" For half an hour after that the hospital was in total confusion, while everyone tried to catch a five-foot corpse clothed mostly in a flying sheet, which raced up and down the corridors shrieking that it was missing cricket practice.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from The Lives of Christopher Chant
“Homer looked back at me. 'Pete, can I tell ya somethin' real important?'
'Sure, what is it?' I couldn't imagine what Homer was about to say.
He sat down on a rounded rock. I sat down too.
'One thing I've learned is that ya never know what's gonna happen to ya in this old life. Everything can change, just like that.' He snapped his fingers, loud and fast. 'You never know what might happen to ya and that dawg ah yers. Ya know what you should do? You ought to settle down here ... On my mountain.' His words were coming quickly and eagerly. 'I'll teach ya all the ways of livin' up here, and someday when ya get a place built, you can have yerself a family.'
Homer wasn't kidding me.
'And, besides, ya know I ain't gonna be here forever. When I leave, then you can take care of this place for me. You understand more than anyone why I love this place so much. I know ya wouldn't let them lumbermen and hunters come up here and hurt my place.'
There was a shell around Homer and reaching his heart was like breaking a granite boulder with your bare hands. But now, Homer's heart was breaking. After he finished he turned away from me. When he turned back, his questioning eyes were teary.
'Homer, what you just said was beautiful.' I looked down at my boots and rolled a rock back and forth under my heel. 'But, I don't know. I'll have to give it some serious thought, okay?'
As quickly as Homer had broken his stride and opened himself up, he was fast on his feet walking back up the mountain. He stayed as quiet as the king trees that he loved so much, never again saying a word to me about his amazing invitation.”
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