Megan Morrison > Quotes

“She possessed courage of the blood, she said, but I possessed courage of the spirit. She was . . . a singular creature.”
― Megan Morrison, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince

“Jack eyed her for another moment, and then he grinned a little. “You’re going to have some good stories to tell after this, you know that?” he said. “Of how you conquered a Stalker and climbed your own hair out of a ravine, in spite of the fairy who wants you dead.”
“That’s an awful story.”
“That’s what makes it good,” said Jack. “My father always said that about adventures. The parts that are worst in the doing are best in the telling.”
― Megan Morrison, Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

“The Beyond is like a window at night. Standing inside the lit house and looking out into the darkness, one can see nothing. But from outside in the darkness, everything within is bright.”
― Megan Morrison, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince

“What did you want?" Rapunzel asked.
"To speak with you," said Glyph. "To tell you things and see if you can hear them, or if you are beyond salvaged, and my faith has grown since I met you, for though you are selfish and ignorant, your heart is good.”
― Megan Morrison, Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

“Why," Rapunzel asked, "did the Black want to become mortality? Why make humans who can die if you can make fairies? What's the point?"
Glyph smiled a little. "You have joined the great search," she said.
"For what?"
"The answer.”
― Megan Morrison, Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

“The people in this city … no offense intended …” “They’re snobs,” said Linden. “Offense intended.”
― Megan Morrison, Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella

“Why do you want power at all? What do you do with it?”

“I keep myself alive,” said Witch. “Beyond that, I do whatever I wish. Power is power. Without power, others make your choices for you. With power, your life is your own. I will not suffer myself to be controlled by anyone. Never again.”
― Megan Morrison, Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

“My offering today is an apple tree," he said, and then he added, "An apple nourishes. It can be dried or juiced, fried or baked. We can sell them whole, sell their cider, feed their cores to our stock. Every piece of what they are contributes in some way to our economy; nothing about them need go to waste. That's how we ought to see our farmers too. It's not just your labor that matters - it's your voices.”
― Megan Morrison, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince

“Every day, whether you mean to or not, you are becoming the man you will be -”
― Megan Morrison, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince

“Your body gets buried under the ground, and the rest of you goes into the Beyond.”
“The rest of me?”
“The part that isn’t physical.”
“Oh.” Rapunzel thought about this for a little while. “You mean my feelings?”
“Sort of, yeah. Some people call it a soul. Some people call it the shard of the Black. Some people don’t believe there’s a Beyond at all — they think we just rot, and that’s it.”“That’s an awful story.”
“That’s what makes it good,” said Jack. “My father always said that about adventures. The parts that are worst in the doing are best in the telling.”
― Megan Morrison, Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

“When you choose Garter, you’re saving money on wool by putting their people through the same degrading things Mum and I went through — and you can’t do that. If that kind of life wasn’t good enough for us, then it’s not good enough for anybody. No one deserves it. We can’t support it.”
― Megan Morrison, Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella

“Fig trees interest me," he said. "They're like children: full of potential, but frighteningly vulnerable. Ignore a fig tree, neglect it, and its life will be short. It will die and never give fruit. But if you accept the fig's fragility and give it your full attention as it grows, you will have a tree that lasts for centuries and bears fruit beyond compare.”
― Megan Morrison, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince