" It goes like this,” Max interrupted. “Boys are told since they’re little that pretty things are good. Pretty things equal happy things. So when we grow up and see a shiny pretty thing, we’re drawn like moths to a flame. We keep flying toward the light until it’s too late. You know, like that Sleeping Beauty chick with the spinning wheel?” I chuckled. “Are you seriously comparing us to a Disney princess? "

― Rachel Van Dyken , The Consequence of Loving Colton (Consequence, #1)