“Our illusions weave roses around us, and when we try to escape, we are met with thorns.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
“He’d thought she was pretty.
That was all he’d thought, really, when he saw her standing by the wall. But then she spoke.
And he was lost forever.
When Charlotte spoke, the world came alive. She was fierce and stubborn and shockingly forthright. Her intelligence transformed her pretty face into something incandescent. Truly, he did not know a woman could be so beautiful.
She was a star. She was a comet. She was everything that sparkled in the night sky, brought down to earth by magic the church swore did not exist.”
― Queen Charlotte
That was all he’d thought, really, when he saw her standing by the wall. But then she spoke.
And he was lost forever.
When Charlotte spoke, the world came alive. She was fierce and stubborn and shockingly forthright. Her intelligence transformed her pretty face into something incandescent. Truly, he did not know a woman could be so beautiful.
She was a star. She was a comet. She was everything that sparkled in the night sky, brought down to earth by magic the church swore did not exist.”
― Queen Charlotte
“If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“She was the key to his health. She fed his happiness.
She would be the making of him.”
― Queen Charlotte
She would be the making of him.”
― Queen Charlotte
“How did you explain that some people were special? That they were somehow more than everyone else?”
― Queen Charlotte
― Queen Charlotte
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