K.M. Shea > Quotes

“young maidens now days get misty eyed thinking about true love and the fathomless adoration you will share. It’s not like that. Real love is looking at someone and knowing that you wouldn’t mind waking up to their bad breath for the next century, and you are fine with them seeing you before you brush your hair and fix your face for the day.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“What is love but friendship set on fire?”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“Of course I would fall for Captain Emotionally Constipated. I could train a rock to hold more affection for me.”
― K.M. Shea, Red Rope of Fate

“Stil snorted. “I am not in love with Angelique. I’m in love with you,” he said, scooting closer.

Gemma pushed her chair away.
“Well, that’s not proper.”

“Why not?” Stil asked, butting his chair up against Gemma’s.

“Because of the age difference.”

“Age difference?”

“Of course. Surely you can’t be a day younger than fifty or sixty,” Gemma said in surprise.

Stil’s jaw dropped.

“You think I’m an OLD MAN?!” Stil thundered.

“Most magic users are not the age they physically appear to be,” Gemma said.“And it is well known that they age much more slowly.”

“You think I’m an OLD MAN?!” he repeated, his voice even louder.

“I’m not even twenty-five yet, you mean-spirited mule, and my clothes are fashionable among mages!” Stil said.

“This whole time you’ve thought I am OLD?”

“I get the impression that offends you.”

“IT DOES.”

Gemma only lifted her eyebrows.

“Aren’t you going to apologize?” Stil asked.

“For what?”

“For thinking I’m OLD!”

Gemma shrugged. “It seems you have only yourself to blame for that misunderstanding.”

Stil glowered”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“People usually don’t deserve it, that’s why it’s called mercy.”
― K.M. Shea, Embark

“Loving a person isn’t a magical, sparkly passion. It’s hard work. It’s putting the other person before yourself. It’s companionship and being able to trust and depend on each other. That loquacious true love everyone spouts about is really finding a partner who will go through the heartbreaks and joys of life with you.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“Some people need a starfish in the face. It does them good.”
― K.M. Shea, The Little Selkie

“Beauty fades, but the heart remains the same...Physical desire is a lie, Emele continued. It is not a bad thing, but it blinds a person and makes them unable to see truth. Falling in love is a matter of the heart, not of the exterior.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“For you, My Lady, I would slay a dozen sea serpents or, even worse, attend a party.”
― K.M. Shea, The Wild Swans

“We stick to the magical places in the world,” Asahi clarified.

“Places like the MBRC, the Redwood forest of California, the less populated parts of New Zealand and Japan, Disney World, and Atlantis,” Madeline listed, ticking the places off on her fingers.

“Wait, Disney World?” I interrupted.

“The most magical place on Earth.”
― K.M. Shea, My Life at the MBRC

“Morgause laughed as she mounted her horse with some help from a footman. “I see through your protests, Merlin. You are quite amorous of me, I know it.” Merlin looked like he swallowed a frog. “Lady,” he said. “Wise, old lady. Please depart lest I be forced to help you depart.”
― K.M. Shea, Enchanted

“A gentle word, a smile, an act of compassion, these are the things that can turn hate to love,”
― K.M. Shea, Cinderella and the Colonel

“A friendship is filled only with as much love as you give.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“They’re going to die eventually. We are born to die.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“Fear is acceptable, as long as I don't allow it to cripple me...”
― K.M. Shea, Heart of Ice

“Hunter, you can’t seriously be the Goblin King. You’re not even sixteen yet! I had to give you a ride to the store after school in September when we were getting supplies for Homecoming decorations!”
― K.M. Shea, My Life at the MBRC

“They already call you their Snow Queen. If you declared yourself the Empress of the Continent, they would ask what you wanted on your coat of arms.”
― K.M. Shea, Heart of Ice

“Being that I am of a high intellect, I find cursing distasteful and ill mannered. If that were not the case, however, I would compose a creative, innovative ballad of cursing and recite it at this moment,”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“But the wording. He had said, “Your firstborn child will be mine.”
― K.M. Shea, Rumpelstiltskin

“Keep that hairy mutt outside the great hall,” Merlin ordered as they made their way to the treasury door. “No.” “You are acting like a child.” “I am a woman masquerading as a 15 year old boy king who makes no decisions about his own kingdom. The least you will allow me to do is to make decisions regarding my pets.” “Fine.”
― K.M. Shea, Enchanted

“...if a person hits you in the exact same place for eight consecutive matches, perhaps you should pause and think. Do you have a deficiency of defense in that area?”
― K.M. Shea, Heart of Ice

“We,” King Lot said, his eyes cold and piercing. “Will refuse any gifts this beardless boy offers us.”

“Is there a reason why he is so obsessed with my lack of a beard?” Britt sighed.”
― K.M. Shea, Enthroned

“Am I being rewarded for walking?” she asked. “Yes,” Severin said. “Like a pet?” “Yes.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“How dare Arion sit there and tell her he cared for her more than she for him when she was in love with him! Was the man dense? Had he fallen from his horse too many times?”
― K.M. Shea, Red Rope of Fate

“Stand proud, Snow Queen. You have no equal.”
― K.M. Shea, Sacrifice

“It would be an honor, and my greatest desire, if you would allow me to protect, love, and serve you for the rest of our lives.”
― K.M. Shea, Red Rope of Fate

“No matter where you run, if people are involved in your life, you will be hurt; it’s a fact of life. But you of all people should know that loneliness hurts even worse.”
― K.M. Shea, Heart of Ice

“I think it is time for you to witness how those with power are supposed to conduct themselves.”
― K.M. Shea, Sacrifice

“Darn kids! That’s it, no dessert after dinner! And if you eat my flowers again it will be an early bed time!”
― K.M. Shea, Princess Ahira

“It seems you didn’t understand me,” Rakel said, adjusting her grip on his hand. She had to spit the words out around the pain that tore through her. “When I say that love is pure, I mean it stands unrivaled in its power.”
― K.M. Shea, Sacrifice