Miss Pepper

“Raven heard a crunch. “Maddie!” said Raven. “You’re not supposed to eat the stone.” “Why not?” said Maddie. “It’s delightfully crunchy.” “How do you even do that?” Raven asked. “I mean, it’s a rock.” Maddie shrugged. “Sometimes things aren’t impossible the first time I try, because I don’t know they’re impossible yet. I probably couldn’t do it again, though.”
― Shannon Hale, The Storybook of Legends

“My dear subjects, you are simply, unquestionably perfect!” she called out, tossing candy and coins to the crowd. She kept a candy-and-coin basket on the balcony so she would be ready for adoring crowds at a moment’s notice.”
― Shannon Hale, Apple White's Story

“Pobrecita niña. ¿Tu padre te mintió cuando eras un retoño de bruja? ¿Te aseguró que tenías un buen corazón y que, si querías cuando crecieras podrías llegar a ser tan buena, estúpida y aburrida como él.”
― Shannon Hale, The Storybook of Legends

“Sometimes things aren’t impossible the first time I try, because I don’t know they’re impossible yet. I probably couldn’t do it again, though.”
― Shannon Hale, The Storybook of Legends