Home > Work > Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
61 " Once I had overheard Bertha tell Mandy that he was only a person on the outside and that his insides were ashes mixed with coins and a brain.But Mandy had disagreed. 'He's a human through and through. No other creature would be as selfish as he is, not fairies or gnomes or elves or giants. "
― Gail Carson Levine , Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
62 " Char was too precious to hurt, too precious to lose, too precious to betray, too precious to marry, too precious to kill, too precious to obey. "
63 " trading expedition "
64 " Ogres weren’t dangerous only because of their size and their cruelty. They knew your secrets just by looking at you, and they used their knowledge. "
65 " when he heard you were at finishing school, he was indignant. He demanded to know why you needed to be finished since there was nothing wrong with you to start with. I couldn’t answer him because I’d like to ask that father of yours the same question. "
66 " Decisions were a delight after the curse. I loved having the power to say yes or no, and refusing anything was a special pleasure. "
67 " By the way, you are a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry? "
68 " But my fairy godmother said Lucinda was the only one who could remove it. However, she also said it might be broken someday without Lucinda’s help. "
69 " That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. "
70 " Except for the hydra in her swamp and the baby dragon, the exotics—the unicorn, the herd of centaurs, and the gryphon family—lived on an island meadow surrounded by an extension of the castle moat. "
71 " I decided to drop it since he liked it so much. But I glanced at it first, and then I couldn't. I held a porcelain castle no bigger than my two fists, with six wee towers, each ending in a miniature candle holder. And oh! Strung between a window in each of two towers was a gossamer thread of china from which hung-laundry! A man's hose, a robe, a baby's pinafore, all thin as a spider's web. And, painted in a window downstairs, a smiling maiden waved a silken scarf. "
72 " Albin stood to the side a few feet and blew his nose with a honk. He could blow his nose a dozen ways. A honk was the saddest. "
73 " I'd be unnatural if I weren't enraged. And unnatural if I didn't act on my rage." "Perhaps you couldn't help being angry." the earl answered, "but you could certainly stop yourself from repaying one offense with another. "
74 " Danger, a quest, three figures. They are close to you, but they are not your friends.” She let my hand go. “Beware of them! "
75 " I gathered them on my stomach and waited for sleep. But sleep was busy elsewhere. "
76 " Hard farewell, With no greeting to come. Sad farewell, When love is torn away. Long farewell, Till Death dies. “But the lost one is with you. Her tenderness strengthens you, Her gaiety uplifts you, Her honor purifies you. More than memory, The lost one is found. "
77 " The road was little trafficked, and I was too happy about my escape to feel much fear. I was free of orders. "
78 " I made my way to one of the giant pillows that lined the walls of the dining hall—couches for humans, elves, and gnomes. I would watch the crowd while I dined. The silverware was too big. I looked around to see how others were managing. Some struggled with knives and forks the size of axes and shovels, some stared at their meal in perplexity. And some dug in with bare hands. "
79 " like Heidi, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables. "