Fairy Tale Retellings Quotes

“You terrify me, Isabelle. I've never met a girl like you. You're a fighter, fierce as hell. You never quit. You don't know how. You don't need anyone. You certainly don't need me.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

“He had danced with fair maidens before, but Odette was different. She was graceful and beautiful, but there was something in her eyes and in the things she said, an intelligence and a boldness that belied her quiet demeanor.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

“He bent lower to whisper in her ear," I love you, queen of beauty and love.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden

“You are brave and strong and good, noble and kind. I love you and I think you're...”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden

“The world needs more people like you, Odette." She smiled to lighten the mood."And you, Jorgen Hortman.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

“Everyone knows: people who cross boarders do so for a reason.”
― M.D. Elster, Four Kings

“He’d been around the island for a while, and I’m sorry to say that being bashed around in Battle and at raids had done nothing very good for his brains.”
― Christina Henry, Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook

“Two days ago, birdsong filled the air, which smelled of promise and upcoming summer.

So much for that. Instead, she awoke to another blizzard.

Welcome to the Lowlands, where spring is merely a two-degree warmer extension of winter.”
― Madisyn Carlin, Shattered Reaction

“I always have a plan. Now, whether it’s a good plan can only be determined after it’s implemented.”
― Madisyn Carlin, ARROW

“The hours wear on, while the surreal atmosphere of the asylum does not wear off.”
― M.D. Elster, Four Kings

“When one finds oneself in the kind of strange, unsettling circumstances as I presently find myself, it is only natural, after all, to have a few, unusual, vivid dreams.”
― M.D. Elster, Four Kings

“You hunt... Your fellow creatures?" I ask, still in disbelief.

"Of course. A hunt is only as interesting as the prey is clever!”
― M.D. Elster, Four Kings

“Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had seemed good and kind and had expressed her thoughts without any false pride or pretense. He had admired her forthrightness and her compassion. And although he had never thought of a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions-or at least admired her for having them. He wanted to get to know her, to know everything that was in her heart. He wanted to marry her and, surprising even himself, to love her.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Beautiful Pretender

“Gisela looked more frightened now than she had before-frightened for him rather than for herself if he read the expression correctly. He looked her in the eye. I won't let you down. I will save you.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden

“Promises are like silly jokes, told around a table when the food is good and no one has anything to lose by telling a lie or two - lies should have been a synonym for the word 'promise' in dictionaries, but only a few people knew it.”
― Cameron Jace, Jar of Hearts

“Have I..." I venture, terrified of the potential answer. "Have I gone mad?"

"No, no, no." She says. "Okay, oui, peut-être, that depends. Maybe you have gone a little mad, and only for a little spell.”
― M.D. Elster, Four Kings

“I'm lost in the tide of her breathing, the sweet smell of her skin, the push and pull of our bodies against each other...”
― Kalynn Bayron , Cinderella Is Dead

“Be careful. If you feel you are in danger, come to me. I will protect you.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Noble Servant

“Her long hair, the deep black of a raven’s wing, was pulled back from her face. I couldn’t tell if my new stepsister was pretty, or hideous, or merely the strangest girl I had ever seen.
“I don’t want a pretend mother. Or a false sister.” The princess’s voice was cold as ice.
I hesitated, then curtseyed to her, but she seemed to take no notice, and certainly didn’t return the favor. Either we would become friends—or the bitterest of enemies.”
― Anthea Sharp, White as Frost

“Magdalen, the girl with pretty green eyes. Magdalen, who was smiling so warmly right now at Lenhart, who was attentive to Katrin even when she talked too much. She had been so gentle and concerned about his wounds, washing his face and bringing him fresh water to drink.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Noble Servant

“I swallowed hard, trying not to let my feelings show. To hide them, I grinned. “Ewan, I have something to tell you,” I whispered.
The lines around his mouth trembled. “Yes?”
“You won’t laugh.”
“Rapunzel… No, of course not.”
“Ewan… I love bacon.”
At that, Ewan laughed then placed his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close, planting a kiss on the top of my head. “Yeah. Me too.”
― Melanie Karsak, Golden Braids and Dragon Blades: Steampunk Rapunzel

“He wiped sweat from his brow before the moisture dripped into his eyes and sighed. "I should have listened to my mother and become a hermit.”
― E.D. Walker, The Beauty's Beast

“It wasn't just a room, it was a library filled to the brim with books--volume upon delicious volume of delight.”
― Carla Reighard, Bellarose III

“Geoffrey's eye was caught by the crucifix on the wall, of Jesus hanging on the cross, his head bowed. What kind of humility did it take to allow oneself to be nailed to a cross, hanging in agony until dead?”
― Melanie Dickerson, Court of Swans

“No matter the place, war looks, smells, and sounds the same. Wars also wreak the same turmoil. Grief and heartache. Starvation and desperation”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“What an idiot I am. I created a pact with children. Not even a blood pact but a vow that yields nothing for my kettle or Wake. A vow born of weakness. But a vow all the same. I will not fail them, no matter the cost.”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“No mission ever mattered. They were all inconsequential except as the most direct route to retirement. Then a small human girl held my hand and looked at me without an ounce of fear but with pounds of faith.”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“You get married and forget to tell us you even met a girl?” His brother smirked.”
― Abigail Kay Harris, A Noble Thief (The Archives of Correx, #1): A Goldilocks Retelling

“The girl was clearly an orphan.
She was near Ben’s age.
No protection from any family.
Was clearly a believer given her previous words.
Bracing for the coming storm that his words would receive, he spoke firmly and slowly so there would be no mistaking the decision he had come to.”
― Abigail Kay Harris, A Noble Thief (The Archives of Correx, #1): A Goldilocks Retelling

“Please, do not heroize me. I would rather be the villain in the story than bind myself to the rules of the so called ‘good.’ ”
― Aleighsha Parke, The Age of Larkspur