“In my books, there is always a prince, and he always happens upon the damsel in the most unexpected places.”
“Jealousy is a very stupid thing. It only leaves the bitterest taste behind-regret.”
“You can only cry so much until your life is wept away.”
“Perhaps music is a sort of magic.”
“I do not know about magic, but words are powerful things indeed.”
“I am creature of the night and dark corners.”
“Father says I'm perfect, but would a prince agree if he knew what I was made of? Would he value me for the usefulness of my parts, or for the contents of my heart? Or would he only value me as a prize to slay the monsters in the story?”
“I will never forget my first breath. Gasping. Heaving. Delicious.”
“The way to be gay is to make other people gay," Miss Lonelyhearts said. "Sleep with me and I'll be one gay dog.”
“Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.”
“Majesty, I beg your forgiveness for the idignity you suffered and offer you the head of our enemy as—"
"Put that thing down," I said impatiently. "I can't talk to you when you're shaking his head like a damned maraca.”
“FACT The Native Americans invented the game lacrosse.”
“Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me...I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.”
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