Maude Smith > Maude's Quotes

“May I ask as to why you’re so convinced, that I’m even deserving of such a happy ending? Maybe, a long time ago, I was the villain and thereby, don’t deserve it?”
― Kristina Stangl, Cupid's Serenade

“Because all villains have a heart, even if they choose not to embrace it.”
― Kristina Stangl, Cupid's Serenade

“Extraordinary people are not meant to live ordinary lives.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Curse of the Dark Horseman

“And while her kiss might have transformed the little emerald green frog into a dashing and charming mortal prince; his kiss, in return, turned her into a real-life princess, as well. Thus far, they were even.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Emerald Prince

“My fairest Daphne,
Treasure of my eyes,
Pearl of my heart,
Whose beauty is as lovely,
As a blooming laurel tree in spring,
With eyes as green as sparkling emeralds,
And hair as bright as a burning fire,
At first sight, this fair maiden captured my heart,
As she silently sat there,
Reading underneath a laurel tree,
While patiently waiting for her prince to come,
One glimpse at her and I knew,
That I was lost to her forever,
Even in my curious green state,
With nothing else to hold,
But my lily pad floating above the pond,
Alas, I understood,
That she was the one,
The owner of my beating heart,
If only she but knew.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Emerald Prince

“Truly, it was bad enough that she agreed to kiss a frog; let alone, kiss him right after eating a disgusting fly! Another small creature that Daphne also equally detested, right after frogs. Frogs. Flies. Perhaps, she was the real one cursed, after all!”
― Kristina Stangl, The Emerald Prince

“... having loved you, what I once found ugly, now, I see nothing short but beauty.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Emerald Prince

“Come hell or high water, I will gift you the entire world and everything in it. Every desire, hope and wish, traveling upon a shooting star.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Emerald Prince

“She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.”
― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

“You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.”
― Julia Quinn

“When I was alive, I believed — as you do — that time was at least as real and solid as myself, and probably more so. I said 'one o'clock' as though I could see it, and 'Monday' as though I could find it on the map; and I let myself be hurried along from minute to minute, day to day, year to year, as though I were actually moving from one place to another. Like everyone else, I lived in a house bricked up with seconds and minutes, weekends and New Year's Days, and I never went outside until I died, because there was no other door. Now I know that I could have walked through the walls. (...) You can strike your own time, and start the count anywhere. When you understand that — then any time at all will be the right time for you.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“Llonio said life was a net for luck; to Hevydd the Smith life was a forge; and to Dwyvach the Weaver-Woman a loom. They spoke truly, for it is all of these. But you,' Taran said, his eyes meeting the potter's, 'you have shown me life is one thing more. It is clay to be shaped, as raw clay on a potter's wheel.”
― Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer

“Perhaps,' Taran said quietly, watching the moon-white riverbank slip past them, 'perhaps you have the truth of it. At first I felt as you did. Then I remember thinking of Eilonwy, only of her; and the bauble showed its light. Prince Rhun was ready to lay down his life; his thoughts were for our safety, not at all for his own. And because he offered the greatest sacrifice, the bauble glowed brightest for him. Can that be its secret? To think more for others than ourselves?'

That would seem to be one of its secrets, at least,' replied Fflewddur. 'Once you've discovered that, you've discovered a great secret indeed--with or without the bauble.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr

“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”
― Joseph Campbell

“Whether it’s a knife held to my chest or a hug, I’ll take any reaction from her. Hate me or love me, it doesn’t matter. As long as I can see her… touch her… even for a split second… then that’s all that matters to me in the end…”
― Kristina Stangl, Kill Me, Kiss Me

“Even with my last ounce of breath, I’d never divorce her. She’d sooner become a widow, before a divorcee. Because in the end, I waited a lifetime for her.”
― Kristina Stangl, Kill Me, Kiss Me

“Between her worn out clothes, unkept hair, fierce and wild spirit, Kayla was a like small bird, whom only I could care for. Uncorrupted by the evil world that surrounded us. An innocent, enchanting and lovely bluebird that belonged solely to me.”
― Kristina Stangl, Kill Me, Kiss Me

“She must remember who she is. Who I am. Who we are. No more running away. After all, she is my wife.”
― Kristina Stangl, Kill Me, Kiss Me

“Oh, my silly girl. Of course, I remember you. I’ve only thought about you for every second of each day for well over a decade.”
― Kristina Stangl, Kill Me, Kiss Me

“You may think everything ends one day, but you haven’t had ‘everything’ with me.”
― Julie Soto, Forget Me Not

“Look, I don’t know what you want from me, but—” “Anything.” Black eyes looked down on her, and he took a shaking breath. “Everything.”
― Julie Soto, Not Another Love Song

“I suppose I’ve never sought anyone who obeys easily.”
― Julie Soto, Rose in Chains

“You will find love again, Esme,” he whispered to her. “Even if I have to create such a man to love you, I will move heaven and earth to do so.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“And if she was the villainess, then he was the villain that she had long been waiting for, all these fifty years and counting.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Instead, his eyes were always affixed upon her. From their first meeting until now, Kit was like a gentle breeze of traveling wind that simply moved alongside with her, as she journeyed across the road. Whether she traveled underneath the bright sun or the glimmering moon, he was always there.

Like a shadow, his presence eventually became a part of her.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Perhaps, the prince saw her as a new hobby. A pebble that he so desperately wanted to polish and turn into a gem, or a diamond. To transform a former villainess from the murky woods into a respectable lady at court.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“If I ever met another man who could love me, then I’m not sure that I could even recognize it anymore. It would be entirely up to that person to love not only me, but both of us in my place.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Sometimes family isn’t a thing we are born into but a choice we make. Sometimes”—Evie smiled—“the people who love you most in your life are the ones who choose you.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain