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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