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“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, The Wishing Spell

“Yes. Who knows how many of us the fire would have eaten before it was full?” Cloud Spots added.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“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, The Wishing Spell

“But what the world fails to realize is that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told.”
― Chris Colfer, 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, The Wishing Spell

“Dread dropped like a stone in his chest as saw Rainswept Flower. She was on the ground and she wasn’t moving. Had Clear Sky killed her? Then he saw Jackdaw’s Cry. The black tom lay dead. Not you too. He pictured the bright-eyed mountain cat dunking himself in the river, drenching his fur so that he could rescue Moon Shadow. He’d been so brave. So filled with life. Now he was dead, his fur drenched with blood instead of water. And he was slumped over another corpse.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“Clear Sky was standing over Gray Wing. “Just give in,” he hissed at his brother. Gray Wing was fighting for breath, his flanks heaving as he stared back at his littermate. He’d clearly not recovered from the smoke he’d breathed during the fire. But still he flung a weak blow at Clear Sky’s muzzle. “Never.” Clear Sky glared at him. He lifted a paw as though ready to strike the killing blow. “Give in.” Stop! River Ripple recoiled. You’re littermates! He watched, breathless, as Gray Wing pushed himself to his paws. “Kill me.” The gray tom could hardly speak, but he fixed Clear Sky with a gaze which shone, even in the shadowy clearing, like gold. “Kill me and live with the memory. Then tell the stars that you won.” “Don’t make me do this, brother.” Clear Sky didn’t move, but his mew was trembling. “All I want is for every cat to be safe.” River Ripple could hardly believe his ears. Safe? Couldn’t he see the carnage around him? Clear Sky went on. “To have borders to protect us and make sure we have prey.” River Ripple closed his eyes. How could these cats be so foolish? Borders would always mean battles. There was prey enough for everyone if only they would share. When he opened his eyes again, Clear Sky had sheathed his claws. His gaze was flitting over the dead as, around him, the others fought on weakly, barely able to stay on their paws. River Ripple leaned closer. Could Clear Sky finally see where his greed for land and prey had led? “Stop!” At last. River Ripple’s heart seemed to rise in his throat as the mountain tom’s yowl rang in the still night air. “This battle is over.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“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, The Wishing Spell

“His heart dropped like a stone in his chest. “Is he dead?” Clear Sky looked frozen, too overcome to speak. Thunder nodded. “He died peacefully in his den, with his family.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“I’ve learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“It’ll be slower.” Finch’s eyes rounded with worry. “I thought we needed to be back before Night went to see StarryClan.” “StarClan,” he corrected her gently.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“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, The Wishing Spell

“How many King Charmings have there been?” Conner asked. “We’ve lost count,” Lampton said. “There are three currently. King Chester had four sons: Chance Charming, Chase Charming, Chandler Charming, and Charlie Charming.” Each of the Charming brothers had his own portrait on the wall. “King Chance Charming is the oldest and is married to Queen Cinderella,” Lampton said, and gestured to the portrait of the man they had just seen in the ballroom. “King Chase Charming is the second oldest and is married to Queen Sleeping Beauty,” Lampton continued. Chase looked exactly like his brother, except he was a bit taller and wore a goatee. “King Chandler Charming is the third oldest and is married to Queen Snow White,” Lampton said. Chandler looked like his brothers, but had the longest hair of all of them. The”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“He fell into the river,” Drizzle mewed cheerfully. “We watched him drown.”
― Erin Hunter, Riverstar's Home

“Beckett could believe that some of his sneakier ancestors might have been involved in tunnel-and-gold shenanigans, but no Fowl would ever harm a kitten (except maybe Artemis).”
― Eoin Colfer, Deny All Charges

“Fairy tale ‘adaptations’ are usually stripped of every moral and lesson the stories were originally intended to teach, and replaced with singing and dancing forest animals. I recently read that films are being created depicting Cinderella as a struggling hip-hop singer and Sleeping Beauty as a warrior princess battling zombies!” “Awesome,” a student behind Alex whispered to himself. Alex”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil . .”
― Richard Paul Evans, Fall of Hades

“I wonder if people would learn from the Little Mermaid’s heartbreak when she dies at the end of her real story. I”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“A villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told.”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“Michael Vey,” Hatch said. “What’s with all you people being dead, then not being dead? Can’t you just stay dead?”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Final Spark

“Meleya looked me dead in the eyes. "I'd ask for your help, but I think you'll be busy at the infirmary. Hopefully they can give you something for your addiction to the sound of your own voice."
My jaw dropped at her top-notch comeback. The only problem was, Meleya's did too. She broke into a massive grin, which completely undermined her victory.”
― Blake Penn, Dragon Hunter

“Rig looked at me. “No insult intended!” M-Bot added. “You have very nice shoes!” “We’ve been working on his compliments,” I said. “They aren’t nearly as stupid as the rest of your outfit!” “He still needs practice.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“You’re unreasonably lucky, son,” Prof said, settling onto the stool beside my hospital bed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mitosis

“Ah,” I said. “What an astute observation.” I wasn’t even sure what ‘astute’ meant. It just sounded right.”
― Blake Penn, Dragon Thief

“But what is the humans’ plan?” said Ratwin. “None of this is plan-shaped.”
― Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures

“You wouldn't want to be king of my country," I said.
"Why is that?"
"Well, you're rather fat. I doubt you'd fit onto my throne.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“You should thank me for tolerating you. I had hoped that becoming a royal would cure your foul manners."
"That's interesting. My father hoped that stripping me of royalty would do the same thing.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“She’d just thought that the other kids didn’t feel as strongly as she did about the ending of The One and Only Ivan, or about the fact that sharks average fifteen rows of teeth in each jaw, or about anything else.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, The School for Whatnots: When Josie vanishes leaving only a note about 'whatnot rules,' Max must find her—a sci-fi thriller on friendship and identity.

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.

It's really funny.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“The pirates wanted my life, Vargen wanted my country, and my regents wanted to paint rainbows over reality and claim all was well.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King