“At this point, I realize: He is making a monster of me.”

“Ill rid the world of each one of you, he whispered. Every single one”

“Theres an innocence to her still that amazes me. Sometimes I forget shes older than me. Then, I remember that she hasnt gone through what Ive gone through.”

“I know you dont understand, but sometimes we have to go back to go forward, he says.”

“I dont give sick days if youre playing in the snow. Hes being funny, or trying to be funny. I can never tell which.”

“Who am I kidding? This isnt a fairy tale. Its my life.”

“They kissed for the first time then in the cold spring rain, though neither one of them now knew that it was raining. Tristran's heart pounded in his chest as if it was not big enough to contain al...”

“You think fairy tales are only for girls? Heres a hintask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasnt just the women. Its the great male fantasyall it takes is one dance to know that shes the o...”

“Some seasons later, the Princess of the kingdom was riding with her handmaiden on the edge of the dark woods. Though once she had been very ill, the Princess had recovered miraculously and was now ...”

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is alw...”

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”

“...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...”