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41 " A princess,” (Queen Sophia) would proclaim, “requires a graceful and willowy carriage, not the appetite of a swineherd. "
― , Princess Ben
42 " I mulled on the tower-bound princess whose lover employed her hair as rope. My own curly locks – one of my better features, I will admit, better being a relative term – hung just past my shoulders, and barely draped over the windowsill. "
43 " No matter how I prayed, no fairy godmother appeared. No elf or leprechaun or world-weary wizard materialised to provide the secret weapon against my foe. I remained alone in a mouse-infested cell, empty but for a pallet and the nightdress into which I now had to struggle. "
44 " I could not help but notice that in this regard the book, inanimate though it was, cared more for my welfare than any human in the castle. "
45 " Finally I halted, my cloak soiled with grease and jam. Why was it that jam always coated me so? "
46 " The day of the ball was spent preparing me much as one prepares a goose for Christmas, with the same ultimate effect. "
47 " Night soil oozed onto my cloak, and I wondered why all my adventures involved foul odour. Why could I not for once frolic in a meadow of flowers, or escape in a hamper of fresh laundry? No, I must endure night soil and prison cells and unwashed soldiers… "
48 " I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that's the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate. "
― , Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1)
49 " trying to make something sound innocent always backfires—I know that just from being a kid "
50 " The situation collapsed completely at dinner one September evening. Perhaps it was the full moon that drove me to madness, or the gnawing, relentless emptiness of my heart. Whatever the trigger, the powder had been well packed, and my explosion, though shocking, was not altogether unexpected. "
51 " The key to hell picks all locks "
― , The Book of Boy
52 " Does this smack of magic to you? Because allow me to inform you, my handsome young prince, that this be not enchantment – it be work!” With that I hurled my slipper at him, not caring if I caused his decapitation. (I did not.) Marshalling what little dignity I yet possessed, I stomped down the corridor – challenging indeed with one shoe – and around the corner. "
53 " It's the asking that's so painful. It takes real courage, real strength, to say you're not strong enough to do it alone. "
― , Front and Center (Dairy Queen, #3)
54 " We talked of mice, the cat and I, and of the importance of napping. "
55 " Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to dowithout even questioning it, without even wondering if they coulddo something different. "
56 " Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on.""Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question."Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right . . . I dunno. Why do you play?""Because," I whispered, "it's who I am."Sounds like a good reason to me. "
57 " Still, I couldn't get over Dad calling those farmers. People might think helping is hard, but really that's the easy part; just look how good it makes people feel. Look how happy all those Red Bend ladies were about chipping in. It's the asking that's so painful. It takes real courage, real strength, to say you're not strong enough to do it alone. Mom must really be hurting for Dad to be so brave. "
58 " Being comfortable with yourself. Because if you're not okay with who you are, why should anyone else be? "
59 " The starlings swooped, writing a poem across the heavens that only God could read. "
60 " We lose those we love. Such is the nature of life. "