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Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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She talks like you. Itβs not every day you hear a four-year-old say Prince Charming is a douchebag whoβs only holding Cinderella back.β
"Thatβs my girl.
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Emma Chase (Tangled (Tangled, #1))
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Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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For God's sake, don't let her watch Cinderella. What kind of example is that? A mindless twit who can't even remember where she left her damn shoe, so she has to wait for some douchebag in tights to bring it to her? Give me a frigging break!
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Emma Chase (Tangled (Tangled, #1))
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A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.
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Walt Disney Company (Cinderella)
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Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?
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Richard Rodgers (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords)
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I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick.
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Cynthia Hand (Unearthly (Unearthly, #1))
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Dear parents, Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named Aladdin. Snow White lived alone with 7 men. Pinnochio was a liar. Robin Hood was a thief. Tarzan walked around without clothes on. A stranger kissed sleeping beauty and she married him. Cinderella lied and snuck out at night to attend a party. You can't blame us. We were taught to rebel since a young age.
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Walt Disney Company
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Asleep, he looks like a bleeding Prince Charming chained in the dungeon. When I was little, I always thought Iβd be Cinderella, but I guess this makes me the wicked witch.
But then again, Cinderella didnβt live in a post-apocalyptic world invaded by avenging angels.
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Susan Ee (Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1))
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She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.
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Marissa Meyer (Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1))
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Hey Nana,
If Cinderella's glass slipper fits so perfectly, I wonder why it fell off along the way? I can't help but think that it was on purpose, to attract the prince's affections. No matter what I do, I'll still have the fate of a girl who just keeps getting hurt, wondering if she can be happy in this pointless, one man show?
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Ai Yazawa
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If you don't like Cinderella because she seems so "naive" and "weak," listen to this quote from the Walt himself: "She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.
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Walt Disney Company
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If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.
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Susanna Kaysen
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After all, what did Prince Charming know about Cinderella besides her shoe size?
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Melissa Kantor (If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?)
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When I was little and running on the race track at school, I always stopped and waited for all the other kids so we could run together even though I knew (and everybody else knew) that I could run much faster than all of them! I pretended to read slowly so I could "wait" for everyone else who couldn't read as fast as I could! When my friends were short I pretended that I was short too and if my friend was sad I pretended to be unhappy. I could go on and on about all the ways I have limited myself, my whole life, by "waiting" for people. And the only thing that I've ever received in return is people thinking that they are faster than me, people thinking that they can make me feel bad about myself just because I let them and people thinking that I have to do whatever they say I should do. My mother used to teach me "Cinderella is a perfect example to be" but I have learned that Cinderella can go fuck herself, I'm not waiting for anybody, anymore! I'm going to run as fast as I can, fly as high as I can, I am going to soar and if you want you can come with me! But I'm not waiting for you anymore.
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C. JoyBell C.
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I know this happiness that I feel isnβt going to last, and I feel like Cinderella, waiting for the clock to strike and end my blissful night.
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Anna Todd (After (After, #1))
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I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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I'm Cinderella. No, I'm better than Cinderella, because she only got the prince, didn't she? I'm Cinderella with fab teeth and a shit-hot job.
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Sophie Kinsella (Remember Me?)
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But it was time to realize that I wasn't Cinderella, and no matter how hard I wished it were true, life wasn't a fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after.
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Michelle Madow (Remembrance (Transcend Time, #1))
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In reality, people are who they are and they'll never really change.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!
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Babe Ruth
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Sophie: "For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub."
Agatha: "I thought it was a better ending.
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Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1))
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You're my best friend and I love you. I'm not ashamed to admit that I love a guy. I love you, Holder. Daniel Weasley loves Dean Holder. Always and forever."
"Daniel, go make out with your girlfriend," he says, waving me off.
I shake my head. "Not until you tell me you love me, too."
His head falls back against Sky's headboard. "I fucking love you, now GO AWAY!"
I grin. "I love you more.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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I always laugh at the term 'Cinderella story', because, if you ask me, it doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.
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Chris Colfer (The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1))
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But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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Did Cinderella ever consider fessing up to the prince, that night she was enjoying herself in the fancy ball gown? Did she even think of telling him, oh, by the way, Prince, the coach isnβt mine, Iβm really a filthy little barefoot servant on borrowed time? No. She took her moment. And then went quietly away after midnight.
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Lissa Price (Starters (Starters, #1))
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Good night. I'm Cinderella without her prince. Do you know where to find me in Tokyo? You won't see me again.
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Osamu Dazai (Schoolgirl)
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I'm a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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Alfred Hitchcock
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I truly was Cinderella, only my prince threw away the glass slipper and stole me away before midnight struck. My prince was evil. My prince was the villain.
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Pepper Winters (Debt Inheritance (Indebted, #1))
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Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her step-monster's house. It seems to me she should have worn the glass slipper always, to make herself easier to find. I always hoped that after the prince found Cinderella and they rode away in their magnificent carriage, after a few miles she turned to him and said, "Could you drop me off down the road please? Now that I've finally escaped my life of horrific abuse, I'd like to see something of the world, you know?... I'll catch back up with you later, Prince, once I've found my own way.
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Rachel Cohn (Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Dash & Lily, #1))
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There was something familiar but strange about her - Snow White with a suntan. Cinderella in biker boots. Tough and delicate and magical and real all at once.
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Allyse Near (Fairytales for Wilde Girls)
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He was my Prince Charming, but I wasn't his Cinderella.
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Ilsa Madden-Mills (Very Bad Things (Briarcrest Academy, #1))
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Wait, wait, wait," Breckin says, interrupting the story. "You called her Cinderella? What the hell for?"
Daniel shrugs. "We were in a janitor's closet. I didn't know her name and there were all these mops and brooms and shit and it reminded me of Cinderella, okay? Give me a break.
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Colleen Hoover (Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2))
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But who bothers looking beyond the surface? Who even knows anything about Cinderella's Prince Charming - other than he's a handsome prince?
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Mandy Hubbard (Ripple)
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Maybe Cinderella didnβt live happily ever after. Maybe, come midnight, she wanted to run away. Maybe her price wouldnβt let her. Mine didnβt.
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J.M. Darhower (Monster in His Eyes (Monster in His Eyes, #1))
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If Cinderella were given a single shining epiphany (instead of a fairy godmother), she would have realized: "This is my father's house. This is my father's estate. I am the rightful heiress to everything here!" then she would have said: "Get off of my property, take nothing with you, and never show your faces to me again! You ugly, bitter, insecure, envious witches!" And I'm sure she would have been happier, sooner!
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C. JoyBell C.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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Alan Bradley (A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3))
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I don't even know if people should use the working fucking and angel in the same thought structure, but shit. She really looks like a fucking angel..
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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I love that you donβt carry a purse,β I say.
βI love that you donβt carry one, either,β she says with a laugh.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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I'm Liam of Erinthia. I'm here to rescue you ... And You are not Cinderella. You are a tree branch wrapped in a sheet
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Christopher Healy (The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1))
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I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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She kept her head high, even as her eyes stung, even as panic filled her vision with warnings and precautions.
It was not her fault he had liked her.
It was not her fault she was cyborg.
She would not apologize.
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Marissa Meyer (Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1))
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Waiting for Prince Charming?"
"Aren't all women? And you're waiting for Cinderella."
"Actually," Jared said slowly, "I'm rather hoping to find the Evil Queen. I think she'd be much more fun.
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Jude Deveraux (True Love (Nantucket Brides, #1))
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Here are the things girls die of: hunger, disease, accidents, childbirth, and violence. It takes more than heartache to kill a girl. Girls are tough as rocks.
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Jennifer Donnelly (Stepsister)
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I'm betting Cinderella didn't feel this foolish, but then again, Cinderella wasn't as clumsy as an intoxicated walrus.
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Anna Banks
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But then again, Cinderella didnβt live in a post-apocalyptic world invaded by avenging angels.
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Susan Ee (Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1))
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I hate them,β she says softly.
βWho?β
βEverybody,β she says. βI hate everybodyβ.
I close my eyes and lift my hand, then run it down her hair, doing my best to comfort her. Finally, someone who actually gets it. Iβm not sure why she hates everybody but I have a feeling sheβs got a pretty valid reason.βI hate everybody too, Cinderella.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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You talk to him about the fact that we haven't had sex?" Six says, completely embarrassed.
My father shakes his head. "No, he doesn't have to. I know because every night he comes home he goes straight to his bedroom and takes a thirty-minute shower. I was eighteen once."
Six covers her face with her hands. "Oh, my God." She peeks through her hands at my dad. "I guess I know who Daniel gets his personality from."
My father nods. "Tell me about it. His mother is terribly inappropriate.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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I knew you were all smitten and shit, but fuck, you really do love this guy." The smirk in Darren's voice was obvious. And annoying. "Aw, come on, admit it - you feel like Cinderella, don't you?"
"No, Darren, I don't. And do you know why?"
"No sugar, tell me why."
"Because I'm a man. I've got a big fat one and I like to fuck other guys." Darren was laughing over the phone now, and it made Reece grin. "And Ben isn't a prince, he's a cop. A big, sexy cop who fucks like a machine. He's a man. I'm a man. We're men." He nodded sharply. "Now fuck off. I'm arranging flowers.
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L.A. Gilbert (Witness)
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In the past six weeks, Iβd been shot at, blown up, kidnapped, and paraded around as the living, breathing embodiment of Cinderella stories. To the world, I was a scandal, a mystery, a curiosity, a fantasy.
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2))
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Was it possible to physically feel the moment you lost your heart to someone? Because Lucie was fairly sure she'd just lost hers, and the spot where it should have been literally hurt.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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It feels sort of euphoric, like we're in some sort of fairytale. Like she's Tinkerbell and I'm Peter Pan. No, wait. I don't want to be Peter Pan. Maybe she can be like Cinderella and I'll be her Prince Charming. Yeah, I like that fantasy better. Cinderella's hot when she's all poor and sweaty and slaving over the stove.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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Lucy Marie Maris...I am completely and utterly in love with you. And as god is my witness- no matter how long it takes- someday I will be worthy enough to be your husband, because I can't bear the thought of living without you.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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Nobody really metamorphoses. Cinderella is always Cinderella, just in a nicer dress. The Ugly Duckling was always a swan, just a smaller version. And I bet the tadpole and the caterpillar still feel the same, even when they're jumping and flying, swimming and floating.
Just like I am now.
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Holly Smale (Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1))
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It blows my mind that I get to love you.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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It's risky...But sometimes that's the only way to get things done. Take the risk, light the fuse. Onward.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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She dips her spoon into her ice cream, then puts the spoon back in her mouth. I can't stop staring at that spoon. I think I love that spoon.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Men always want what they canβt have, or what other men want. Itβs a scientific fact.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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When you ask "Do you wanna dance, my barefoot Cinderella? Don't need no slippers or a party dress,the way you're lookin' right now is what I like the best", and then you... Say "do you wanna take a chance? Stay with me forever, no one will ever be more beautiful my barefoot, my barefoot Cinderella.
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Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: Piano Duet Play-Along Volume 34)
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You can run from the truth. You can run and hide from the truth.
You can deny and avoid the truth. But you cannot destroy the truth. Nor can you make the lie true. You must know that love will always uncover the truth.
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Delano Johnson (Love Quotes)
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I'll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty... were not perfect in the beginning. It's only a happy ending on the last page, right? If the princess had everything from the beginning, there wouldn't be a story. Anyone who is imperfect or incomplete can become the main character in the story.
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Peach-Pit (Shugo Chara!, Vol. 2: Friends in Need)
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They were not pretty, these women. Pretty did not begin to describe them.
They were shrewd. Powerful. Wily. Proud. Dangerous.
They were strong.
There were brave.
They were beautiful.
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Jennifer Donnelly (Stepsister)
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Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!β said Hermione. βWe didnβt hear stories like that when we were little, we heard βSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsβ and βCinderellaβ ββ
βWhatβs that, an illness?β asked Ron.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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I lean my head back and close my eyes, attempting to figure out where I went right in my life to deserve her.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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Crazy loves company, Sir Clay.
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Marissa Meyer (Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4))
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I might hate you by the end of the date.β
βOr I might hate you,β I say.
βImpossible.β She props her foot up on the dash. βIβm unhateable.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick of it.' She looked down at him, shy and fatigued. 'So here we are. I told you years ago that I had the makings of Cinderella.'
He took her hand; she drew it back instinctively and then replaced it in his. 'Beg your pardon. Not even used to being touched. But I'm not afraid of you, if you stay quiet and don't move suddenly.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Short Stories)
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I can't take you tonight," I say. "I had my heart completely broken about an hour ago by a psychotic bitch and I need a little more time to recover from that relationship. How about tomorrow night?
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.
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Janette Rallison (How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend)
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I think sometimes we make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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Every war is different, yet each battle is the same. The enemy is only a distraction. The thing you are fighting against, always, is yourself.
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Jennifer Donnelly (Stepsister)
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Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter)
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Daniel,β she whispers.
I groan and drop my forehead to hers, touching her cheek with my hand. βYou make me love my name so damn much.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.
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Walt Disney Company
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Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine... none of them had mothers."
I was still wasn't following, but she continued, obviously excited.
"When I was little, I used to think that meant that life had to make it up to them, for taking their mothers away, and so that's why they ended up having the whole fairy-tale happily-ever-after magic happen to them. The deserved it more than other girls." She looked at me intently. "Life will make it up to you, Anna.
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Jessi Kirby (Moonglass)
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You're absolutely gorgeous. But you look too empty." Holding her gaze he slid his thumbs in to circle the rim of her opening. "Want something to fill you up?
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society)
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Maybe the best way to teach you how to seduce, is to let you feel what it's like to be seduced.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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Anger, intelligence, and wit are ultimately more seductive than zero percent body fat.
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Maria Raha (Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground)
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Life is full of surprises, so you may as well get used to it.
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Susan Meddaugh (Cinderella's Rat)
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The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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I always hoped that after the prince found Cinderella and they rode away in thier magnificent carriage, after a few miles she turned to him and said "could you drop me off down the road, please? Now that I've finally escaped my life of horrific abuse, I'd like to see something of the world, you know? Maybe backpack across Europe or Asia? I'll catch back up with you later, Prince, once I've found my own way.
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Rachel Cohn
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Daniel?β
I raise an eyebrow to match his expression. βHolder?β
βWhat are you up to?β
βI do not know what you are talking about,β I reply innocently.
βYou do know what I am talking about because when you are lying, you do not use contractions when you speak.β
I ponder his observation for a few seconds. Is that true?
Shit. Itβs true.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Tous mes anciens amours vont me revenir.'
- All my old loves will be returned to me
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Carolyn Turgeon (Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story)
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Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.
My Prince! She thought. He chops off heads!
How could I marry anyone
Who does that sort of thing for fun?
The Prince cried, "Who's this dirty slut?
Off with her nut! Off with her nut!
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Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes)
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Sheβs smiling wider than Iβve ever seen her smile. βDaniel Wesley, whereβd you learn those smooth moves?β I laugh.
βNot moves, Six. Charisma.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Turn back, turn back,thou pretty bride,
Within this house thou must not abide.
For here do evil things betide.
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Jacob Grimm (Cinderella and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm Book and Charm)
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The back is one of my favorite parts of a womanβs body. I love to trace and lick the shallow line of her spine, from the top and all the way down to the twin dimples at the base of her lower back.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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And you're not lost?"
"Maybe I am. But the difference is that I want to be found. I'm not happy pretending everything is fine when I know it's not."
"And just who is it that you suppose will find you?"
"It'll be me. I will find myself.
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Kalynn Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead)
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I have no idea who you even are and now you're my damn girlfriend. What the hell have you done to me?" She holds her palms up defensively. "Hey, don't blame me. I've gone eighteen years swearing off boyfriends and then you show up out of the blue with your vulgar mouth and terribly awkward first kisses and now look at me. I'm a hypocrite." "I don't even know your phone number," I say. "I don't even know your birthday," she says. "You're the worst girlfriend I've ever had.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Since when?β she challenged.
βSince when has my heart been with you?β She nodded. He stepped closer and framed her face in his large hands. βQuite possibly from the first time I heard you snort.β He placed a kiss on the tip of her nose. βVery probably when you flirted with our waiter.β A warm kiss on the freckle by her eye. βAlmost certainly the first time you fell asleep in my arms.β A small kiss on the opposite cheek. βAnd most definitely the night we made love.β Finally, a tender kiss on the lips.
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Gina L. Maxwell (Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1))
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Fairy tales give it to us straight. They tell us something profound and essential - that the woods are real, and dark, and full of wolves. That we will, at times, find ourselves hopelessly lost in them. But these tales also tell us that we are all that we need, that we have all we need - guts, smarts, and maybe a pocketful of breadcrumbs - to find our way home.
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Jennifer Donnelly (Stepsister)
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I lean forward and grab the bowl of ice cream she didn't finish and pull it to my, then take a bite. She watches me as I close my lips around the spoon and pull it out of my mouth. She scrunches up her nose staring at the spoon. "I could have herpes, you know," she says. I grin at her and wink. "You somehow just made herpes sound appealing.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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Hey!" I yell. Everyone turns around and looks at us. I glance at Six and her eyes are wide. I inhale a deep breath, then turn back to the table. Specifically to Holder. "She fist bumped me,"I say, pointing at Six. "It's not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then she made me push her on the damn merry-go-round. After that, she demanded to see where I had sex in the park, then she forced me to sneak into my own bedroom. She's weird and half the time I can't keep up with her, but she thinks I'm funny as hell. And Chunk asked me this morning if I wanted to love her someday, and I realized I've never hoped I could love someone more than I want to love her. So every single one of you who has an issue with us dating is going to have to get over it because..." I pause and turn toward Six. "Because you fist bumped me and I could care less who knows we're together. I'm not going anywhere and I don't want to go anywhere so stop thinking I'm into you because I'm not supposed to be into you." I lift my hands and tilt her face toward mine. "I'm into you because you're awesome. And because you let me accidentally touch your boob." She's smiling wider than I've ever seen her smile. "Daniel Wesley, where'd you learn those smooth moves?" I laugh. "Not moves, Six. Charisma.
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Colleen Hoover (Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5))
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She takes a step toward me and slides her hands between my folded arms, pushing against them until they unlock. βDaniel Wesley you owe me a do-over since you made me kiss you in a crowded restaurant right next to a dirty diaper.β
βIt wasnβt crowded,β I interject.
She glares at me. βPut your hands on my face and push me against this wall and slip me some tongue! Now!β
Before she can laugh at herself, my hands are casing her face and her back is pressed against the wall of her house and my mouth is on hers.
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I slowly lean in toward her when her lips part into a smile.
βAre you planning on using tongue this time?β she whispers.
I squeeze my eyes shut and take a step back, completely thrown off by her comment. I rub my palms down my face and groan.
βDammit, Six. I was already feeling inadequate. Now youβve just put expectations on it.β
Sheβs smiling when I look at her again. βOh, there are definitely expectations,β she says teasingly. βI expect this to be the most mind-blowing thing Iβve ever experienced, so you better deliver.
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This is scary,β she whispers. βIβve never had a boyfriend before. I donβt know how this works. Do people become exclusive this fast? Are we supposed to pretend weβre not that interested for a few more dates?β
Oh, dear God.
Iβve never been turned on by a girl laying claim to me before. I usually run in the other direction. Sheβs obliterating every single thing I thought I knew about myself with every new sentence that passes those lips.
βI have no interest in faking disinterest,β I say. βIf you want to call yourself my girlfriend half as much as I wish you would, then it would save me a whole lot of begging. Because I was literally about to drop to my knees and beg you.β
She squints her eyes playfully. βNo begging. It screams desperation.β
βYou make me desperate,β I say, pressing my lips to hers again.
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