Not Cinderella's Type (Modern Fairytales #1)

by Jenni James

You think you’ve got the whole world sorted into little boxes, and when someone steps out of their box and does something you aren’t expecting, you try your hardest to push them back in. Well, I don’t fit. I’m not meant to fit. Your walls are high and thick, but I’ll get through them somehow. Wait and see.”

“Life isn’t only about the trials. It’s about how you overcome them.”

“Trials don’t stop—they never will. It’s how you learn from them, grow from them, and help others learn and grow too that defines you as a person.”

“You could choose to stay here hidden away and hate life, or you can choose to move forward and help others heal. To reach out in the community and become something to someone else. You’re not alone. People die every day. It’s kind of inevitable. However, you could help and grow from what happened to promising others can move on too.”

why would I worry about things like what someone wears, or drives, or says, or looks like? Life isn’t about trying to conform to someone else’s idea of what you should be. Life is about being true to yourself, and kind to all those who aren’t quite ready to be true to themselves yet.”

“I figured out a long time ago that I was supposed to learn something new from each person I met. That their input in my life—whether bad or good—taught me how to go forward. I can’t risk missing one of those teaching moments—like

“It’s all because of you. Your bravery, your zest for life, your ability to shake off the negative. You are radiant now because you chose to be happy and forgive your past.”