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1 " Did Cinderella wonder whether her prince would have cared for her had he first seen her in her everyday clothes? Did she believe the ladies of the palace were truly her friends or did she suspect they were just friendly because she was the princess and wore beautiful gowns?Did she fear that life could again change? Everything could disappear as it had done when the clock struck twelve?Did Cinderella wonder whether her good fortune was real or the trick of a magic wand?It’s a sad thing to lose belief. "
― Gita V. Reddy , Cinderella's Escape
2 " I am sure when Cinderella went to that ball, she took a great deal more pleasure in outsmarting her stepmother than in the carriage and the ball dress and the glass slippers. "
3 " I am sure Cinderella was really smart. Even if the fairy had not appeared, she would have found some way out of their clutches. She would have had to; it’s called survival. "
4 " Did anyone care for poor Cinderella until her fairy godmother took her in hand? Did anyone look beyond the ragged clothes and sooty face? Did anyone see the unshed tears and the poor, tired face?Obviously not. Appearances matter. "
5 " When you banish me, you who are maryadapurushottham will be writing a law which will render innocent women of coming generations homeless and destitute. "
― Gita V. Reddy , The Vigil and Other Stories
6 " The seasons follow a pattern with the blazing, sweltering summer days and nights giving way to the monsoon. How can one bear the summer without the knowledge of dark clouds, heavy with soothing, cooling rain, gathering over the distant oceans, the wind herding them together like so many woolly creatures, their heads firmly in the direction of a parched land paradoxically laden with sweet, aromatic mangoes? "
― Gita V. Reddy , Happiness is a Collage
7 " Maybe all Cinderellas have fairy godmothers. Mine must have positioned me outside the kitchen so that I could overhear Marcella. I raced up to my room and replaced the books I had taken. "
8 " I became Cinderella, Stella and Marcella were my evil stepsisters. If the house had mice and roaches and a damp garret, I would be living there. If we were using coals, I would be coughing over a smoking fire.Was I not lucky to be a modern day Cinderella? At least I did not have to sleep among the cinders. "
9 " Monty heard the croaking of frogs around him. He opened his eyes and saw the pond, and the bushes. He "
― Gita V. Reddy , Super-Duper Monty
10 " Everyone called him Leapfrog. "
11 " sahib, "
― Gita V. Reddy , The Missing Girl
12 " Within a few weeks, the snow was over six feet deep. Walking on the paths was like moving in corridors of ice. Everyone stayed indoor; the tiny village was blanketed in snow and silence. "
― Gita V. Reddy , Daksha the Medicine Girl
13 " pull it free. As the honey spread on the floor, Noira was afraid her feet would get stuck in it. "
― Gita V. Reddy , The Ant Thief (Bedtime Tales, #2)
14 " Daksha, the Medicine Girl Gita V. "
15 " I have erected a door, a transparent door as hard as tempered steel. My mother has felt it, has run her hands all over it looking for a chink, and has grown silent. Her words rise to the surface and linger in the tiny frown she has no control upon. "
16 " Monty lived with his family and friends in a green, mossy pond. The frogs were happy. They caught flies and other insects for food. They soaked in the water or sat around the pond, enjoying the warm sun. "
17 " famous "
18 " anthill. She kept thinking about what Queen Bee and Little Bee had said to her. "
