“A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“The world will always choose convenience over reality. It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Once upon a time' These are the most magical words our world has ever known and the gateway to the greatest stories ever told. They're an immediate calling to anyone who hears them-a calling into a world where everyone is welcome and anything can happen. Mice can become men, maids can become princesses, and they can teach valuable lessons in the process.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“I've learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“To Grandma,
for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Sometimes we forget about our own advantages because we focus on what we don't have. Just because you have to work a little harder at something that seems easier to others doesn't mean you're without your own talents.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Woo! It's so cold, I think we may be twin sisters now," he said through rattling teeth.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“I always laugh at the term 'Cinderella story', because, if you ask me, it doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“If you are going to live in a house made of candy, don't move next door to a couple of obese kids. A lot of these fairy-tale characters are missing common sense.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Be brave. Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Who wouldn't have gone to the ends of the earth to be reunited with the person they loved more than life itself? Who wouldn't have ripped their own heart out to stop that kind of pain?”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Even after years of constant abuse from her stepmother and her stepsisters, Cinderella remained a good person with high hopes. She never stopped believing in herself and in the good of the world. And although she married the prince in the end, Cinderella always had inner happiness. Her story shows that even in the worst of situations- even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everything can get better...”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt of how much your hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“It doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles alway take their place.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“If this is what the world has labelled me, then that is the name I shall learn to live with,' the Evil Queen said, 'once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“What do you suppose ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ is about?” she asked. Conner contemplated a moment and slyly grinned. “Bad beans can cause more than indigestion,” he answered, laughing hysterically to himself. Alex pursed her lips to hide a smile. “What do you think the lesson of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ is?” she asked him. “Do you think she should have just mailed her grandmother the gift basket?” “Now you’re thinking!” he said. “Although, I’ve always felt sorry for Little Red Riding Hood. It’s obvious her parents didn’t like her very much.” “Why do you say that?” Alex asked, wondering how he could have possibly construed that from the story. “Who sends their young daughter into a dark and wolf-occupied forest carrying freshly baked food and wearing a bright jacket?” Conner asked. “They were practically asking for a wolf to eat her! She must have annoyed the heck out of them!” Alex held back laughter with all her might but, to Conner’s delight, she let a quiet chuckle slip. “I”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Something about this place made Alex feel as if everything were right in the world. It gave her more hope, excitement, and happiness with every step she took. It was paradise.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“a date with the boy she loved, and has been running from”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“I'm a criminal and you're a hero," Goldilocks said with teary eyes. "A flame may love a snowflake, but they can never be together without each harming the other.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“They loved fairy tales so much. If they ever got here and saw everything we've seen, I doubt they would have left.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“Because,” Conner explained with a smirk on his face, “if you’re going to live in a house made of candy, don’t move next door to a couple of obese kids. A lot of these fairy-tale characters are missing common sense.” Alex let out another disapproving grunt. Conner figured he could get at least fifty more out of her before they got home. “The witch didn’t live next door! She lived deep in the forest! They had to leave a trail of bread crumbs behind so they could find their way back, remember. And the whole point of the house was to lure the kids in. They were starving!” Alex reminded him. “At least have all the facts straight before you criticize.” “If they were starving, what were they doing wasting bread crumbs?” Conner asked. “Sounds like a couple of troublemakers to me.” Alex grunted again. “And”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
“And in your deranged mind, what do you think the lesson of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ is?” Alex challenged him. “Easy,” Conner said. “Lock your doors! Robbers come in all shapes and sizes. Even curly-haired little girls can’t be trusted.” Alex grunted again and crossed her arms.”
― Chris Colfer, quote from The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer
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“approached the two guards, smiling. John knew her smile wasn’t friendly. She was smiling because she was finally getting a chance to put her training to the test. Kelly waved to the guard and pulled open the door. He asked her to stop and show her identification. She stepped inside, grabbed his rifle, twisted, and dragged him inside with her. The”
― Eric S. Nylund, quote from Halo: The Fall of Reach
“It's not me but the world that's deranged.
Yes, that settles it.
At some point in time, the world I knew either vanished or withdrew, and another world came to take its place. Like the switching of a track. In other words, my mind, here and now belongs to the world that was, but the world itself has already changed into something else. So far, the actual changes carried out in that process are limited in number. Most of the new world has been retained from the world I knew, which is why the changes have presented (virtually) no impediments to my daily life - so far. But the changes that have already taken place will almost certainly create other, greater, differences around me as time goes by. Those differences will expand little by little and will, in some cases, destroy the logicality of the actions I take. They could well cause me to commit errors that are - for me - literally fatal.
Parallel worlds.”
― Haruki Murakami, quote from 1Q84 #1-2
“Jimmy Hoffa said, “I know how Jesus must have felt. The fucking pharaohs rose to power on his coattails like the fucking Kennedy brothers are rising on mine.”
Heshie Ryskind said, “Get your history straight. It was Julius Caesar that did Jesus in.”
― James Ellroy, quote from American Tabloid
“She smiles and hugs him goodbye, her hand lingering on the small of his back. They are definitely going to have sex.”
― Jay Asher, quote from The Future of Us
“You’d think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense.”
― David Eddings, quote from The Redemption of Althalus
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