Villainess Quotes

“If my grandfather is responsible for her curse, then I shall be her savior.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Between the temple’s influence and the public’s anger against the death of their beloved priestess, along with his two previously failed engagements, the crown prince was finally branded as none other than…

The Prince of Sorrow.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Cruel and harsh judgments cast by high society, this is where Kit and Esme stood firmly together, side by side. The heartless villainess and the prince of sorrow. What a field day the press would have, if these two villains ever united!”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Instead, their storybook marriage had a dark chapter. A villainess side character, who remained stuck in-between the pages of their beloved fairy tale, and a blemish to their epic love story.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Maybe, his grandparents were not the saints that they were painted out to be by the public. Especially, if his grandfather could so easily go on to marry another woman so quickly after a long engagement.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“As a man branded by society as a cruel and heartless prince himself, Kit saw so much of himself in Esme. Even though he didn’t know her personality first-hand, nor her true motivations for her past crimes; however, he did, on the other hand, understood only all too well as to how it felt like to have the entire world paint a villainous portrait of oneself.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Kit had hardly known Esme for no more than a single day; and yet, he mourned for her past injustices, greatly. For the first time in his life, he truly felt responsible for another human being. Not as a prince looking out for the general welfare of his people; but as an individual, inheriting a lost soul, whom he felt that only he alone, could nurture and care for.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“If the grandfather was charged to curse her, then perhaps, the grandson was meant to bear the consequences of that action.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“In his frosty blue eyes, she saw the reflection of compassion, understanding, and a sense of forgiveness. A gaze that she was not at all accustomed to seeing before on another soul.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“For the first time in her life, Esme had fallen and someone was actually there to offer her a helping hand. But after years of heartbreak, she was simply too scared to accept his help.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Death was always a double-edged sword. To him, the man standing before him might have been his enemy, but to someone else, this same man was a husband, a father, and a son to another.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“At Rachel's instruction, the monkey briefly looked to his mistress, then looked back at Elliot and raised his hand.
"Hey."
"That's not the way, Haley. That's how you greet people we're close to."
Realizing his mistake, Haley got up, pointed out his butt toward Elliot, and slapped it.
" Get lost, okay?"
"That's not right either, now is it? Look closely before you greet him."
Haley scrutinized Elliot. Then he thrust his thumbs into his ears, fanned out his wriggling fingers, and stuck out his wagging tongue.
"Dummy, dummy."
"I'm sorry, Your Highness", Rachel apologized. "He's having trouble learning tricks, it seems.”
― Hibiki Yamazaki, Prison Life is Easy for a Villainess: Volume 2

“Prison, yay!”
― Hibiki Yamazaki, Prison Life is Easy for a Villainess: Volume 2

“Love was the culprit behind her downfall. Her epic fall from grace.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Acting on her impulses rather than reason, she stupidly threw away her entire fortune and future, all for the sake of an unrequited love. Had she not loved Florian, then her destiny would have been so much better.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Whenever people cried tears of happiness or heartbreak, Esme could no longer relate to them. Whatever moments of joy or sadness existed in this world, these emotions no longer affected her. And as a result of her curse, Esme just... well… was. ”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“In the end, she was still the heartless villainess. A woman who was destined to live forever alone, and without a single soul to love her.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Ah… but here lies Kit’s great misfortune. He might have been the perfect prince on paper; however, this same good fortune did not carry over to his love life. Instead, after three failed engagements, Kit went from being revered as the beloved crown prince to simply put…

The Prince of Sorrow. ”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“He might have been the crown prince of this kingdom, but who could ever want to marry, let alone love, a prince attached to such tragedy and woe?”
― Kristina Stangl

“This man might have been God sent; but this same God had also forsaken her in the past, too.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“As a fallen noble, he could only imagine the embarrassment she must have endured, when his family disowned her. To lose the respect, title, and honor of being a member of the noble class, that must have been a huge blow to her dignity and self-esteem.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“He looks as reliable as a young stag in rutting season.”
― Hannah E. Carey, The Betrayer: Tales of Pern Coen

“But, Q, she seemed awesome. The girls have been asking about her, and you know they hated Mercedes."
"They were toddlers when I was with her."
"Intuitive toddlers. When we watched Tangled the other day, they pointed at Mother Gothel and said, 'Look, it's Tía Cedes!”
― Chandra Blumberg, Digging Up Love

“She had worried for her soul because she'd enjoyed the bedding too. But where she'd accepted that it must be all right because she'd vowed to obey Conall and he'd ordered her to enjoy it, this woman had... well, she'd lost her mind as far as Claray could tell. Mhairi believed that enjoying the bedding was a sin that would see her soul in hell, but that killing so many innocent people would redeem her. It was madness.”
― Lynsay Sands, Highland Wolf

“Her scent was potent. An overpowering mix of wet leaves, fallen branches, forest fungus.
"No," I breathed.
It wasn't only fallen leaves; it was the undertone of autumn. The ground, cold and near death.
Rotting.”
― Sabrina Blackburry, Dirty Lying Faeries

“For someone to go from a crown princess-in-waiting to a witch, to a fortune teller, and finally, to an apothecary— that really was quite a transition. Not many people were capable of undergoing such a drastic evolution. And yet, Esme still endured.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“For as he comfortably rested up above on the branch of that chestnut tree, he reminded her of a bird. A traveling silver bird, who was simply visiting her forest as a visitor. And like all visitors, as soon as he got bored, he was going to eventually leave.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“From what I’ve been told, you’re known as the heartless villainess, while I’ve been dubbed as the villainous prince of sorrow,” he replied. “A villain for a villainess.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“After watching you these past few days, I’ve come to admire you. Instead of allowing your misfortunes to consume you, you’ve managed to persevere through adversity and even succeeded on living your life on your own terms. Not many people can do that.”
― 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 us in my place.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess