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21 " His eyes looked cruel, piercing, almost like those of a wolf seeking his prey, and his mouth looked thinner, more sinister than it had looked before. "
― Serena Valentino , The Beast Within (Villains, #2)
22 " Countless stories like this have been told over the years, and how do they end? Always in misery for the wicked queen or witch, always with death. And always she was wronged in some way, by something or some person who set her on this path. "
― Serena Valentino , Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4)
23 " were holding a mirror up to the monster within, which was longing to escape "
24 " What sort of woman would do that—give up her life so easily, sacrificing her freedom for her father’s? The Beast wondered if he was capable of such a sacrifice. He wondered if he was capable of love. "
25 " into the West Wing. Not even the sisters came to this part of the castle. He had escaped their mockery for long stretches of time when he spent most of his days here in the beginning—hiding away, letting his anger swell to epic proportions, fearful of what he was becoming, yet intrigued concurrently. It had been that way at first, hadn’t it? Intriguing. The subtle differences in his features, the lines around his eyes that frightened his foes when he narrowed them. Using a look rather than words to strike fear into his enemies was very useful indeed. He had looked upon himself in the mirror in those days, trying to distinguish "
26 " You’d think the fairies would have thought of something more creative. Practically every princess in peril has been saved by Love’s First Kiss! For goodness’ sake, between witches and fairies, can’t we think of something more original? I’m weary of this. Why must a young girl need a man to save her? Why can’t a princess fight for her own life, break her own curse? Why must it always be a prince? By Hades, I want to kill Prince Phillip on principle, just so we don’t have yet one more prince kissing some helpless sleeping girl, making her feel like she has to marry him out of gratitude. "
27 " You are beautiful, my dear, truly. Do not ever forget that, even if I am not here to remind you. "
― Serena Valentino , Fairest of All (Villains, #1)
28 " (...) She realised she had lost something of herself over the past six years. She had lost her edge, her wit and her stoicism. She had become softer and she resolved to find herself again "
― Serena Valentino , Cold Hearted (Villains, #8)
29 " So what if she was more interested in reading about princesses than being one herself? "
30 " You have to watch our for the quiet ones. Take some advice from me. The quiet observant girls are the deadliest. "
― Serena Valentino , Evil Thing (Villains, #7)
31 " It is our lot to lose our loves and feel our hearts break in the wake of that loss. "
32 " It had become quite clear to me that I gated being told what to do. I wanted to be independent. "
33 " I didn't like that person inside me who said and did awful things. But sometimes it felt as if I had no control over her. "
34 " She had power over him now, the way he'd had it over her for so many years. "
35 " Why must a young girl need a man to save her? Why can’t a princess fight for her own life, break her own curse? Why must it always be a prince? By Hades, I want to kill Prince Phillip on principle, just so we don’t have yet one more prince kissing some helpless sleeping girl, making her feel like she has to marry him out of gratitude. "
36 " Because she didn’t love herself. She feared rejection because she was so unlike anyone she’d ever known. She was so full of fear that she sequestered herself away. "
37 " Martha spoke again. “In case you’ve forgotten, here are the rules, Beast, laid out by all the sisters: You must love her and that love must be returned with true love’s kiss, before your twenty first birthday. She may use the mirror as you do, to see into the world beyond your kingdom, but she must never know the details of the curse or how it’s to be broken. You will notice she sees the castle and its enchantments differently than yourself. The most terrifying aspects of the curse are reserved for you. "
38 " But your thirst for knowledge has sparked life back into us, and for that we are grateful. "
39 " Her name is Aurora, for she is my shining light in the darkness. "
40 " The only person who killed almost as many animals as the Prince was his good friend Gaston "