Hester Quotes

“She looked out across the water and allowed the feeling of longing to wash over her, spill into the crevices of her soul, and fill her completely.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“What an ephemeral thing human will is, to be manipulated by a couple of drops of hormones!”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“Hester glowered at her. “The biggest mistake a villain can make is to get caught up in revenge. Hansel and Gretel were two hungry kids trying to survive in the Woods. Mother thought she’d captured another pair of greedy, gluttonous brats, only to grossly underestimate them. Hansel and Gretel killed her because they had to. It wasn’t personal.” She glanced back at the old siblings. “Doesn’t mean I can stand the sight of ’em, of course. But it also doesn’t mean their story has anything to do with mine anymore.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“You're not a dork, you're adorkable.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“Don’t pretend, Bianca,” he said. “You’re smarter than that, and so am I. I finally figured out what you meant when you left. You said you were like Hester. I get it now. The first time you came to my house, when we wrote that paper, you said Hester was trying to escape. But everything caught up with Hester in the end, didn’t it? Well, something finally caught up with you, but you’re just running away again. Only, he”-Wesley pointed to my bedroom door-“is your escape this time.” He took a step toward me, forcing me to crane my neck even more to see his face. “Admit it, Duffy.”
“Admit what?”
“That you’re running away from me,” he said. “You realized you’re in love with me and you bailed because it scared the shit out of you.”
― Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

“Agatha wondered whether in this room of heroes young and old, Hester was the greatest hero of all.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After