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“Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world
Jen Calonita, Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1)
Tags: weakness”
― Jen Calonita

“I want someone who builds people up, not tears them down. I need someone who makes me laugh and isn't afraid to rib me when I'm being a royal jerk.' She smiled a little. 'You're that girl. I want to be with you, and I want everyone to know it.”
― Jen Calonita, Belles

“Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world”
― Jen Calonita, Flunked

“At the end, you find the beginning.”
― Jen Calonita, Paparazzi Princess

“you know how to be wicked, and being wicked is smart in this day and age.”
― Jen Calonita, Charmed

“Once you take the cat out of the bag, you can't cram it back in.”
― Jen Calonita, There's No Place Like Home

“A sister I’m not allowed to see, a headmaster with questionable intentions, and a duck that wants to kill me. Good doesn’t feel like the right way to put it.”
― Jen Calonita, Tricked

“She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“In the forest of primeval
A school for Good and Evil
Twin towers like two heads
One for the pure
And one for the wicked
Try to escape you'll always fail,
The only way out is
Through a fairytale.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“What's the one thing Evil can never have... and the one thing Good can never do without?”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Beauty can only fight the truth for so long...”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“No one likes boys! Even girls who like boys can’t stand boys!”
― Soman Chainani, A World without Princes

“Of all the tales in all the kingdoms in all the Woods, you had to walk into mine.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real life.”
― Soman Chainani, A World Without Princes

“So we all paid a price for our mistakes in the end.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“...I never knew I needed a lot of things before I met you. (Keefe Sencen to Sophie Foster)”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“They pulled apart when Keefe shouted, "YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THIS!"
They ran to the main room and found Keefe standing under the skylight, holding up Mr. Snuggles like it was a baby lion about to be made king. The sparkly red dragon twinkled almost as much as Keefe's eyes as he said, "I went in to check on our boy and found him cuddling with THIS!"
"Isn't that the same dragon Fitz brought to your house that one time?" Dex asked Sophie.
"WHAT?" Keefe shouted. "YOU KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!"
"Mr. Snuggles wasn't my secret to share," Sophie said.
"IT'S NAME IS MR. SNUGGLES?! That is... I can't even..." Keefe ran back to Fitz's room shouting, "ARE YOU MISSING YOUR SNUGGLE BUDDY?!"
"Fitz is going to die of embarrassment, you know that, right?" Biana asked.”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“Because our family doesn't decide who we are. WE decide who we are. Believe me, it drives my parents crazy. And sometimes, that's the only thought that gets me through the day.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“He was quiet for a few seconds, and Sophie thought he was going to ignore her. But then he leaned closer-close enough that she could feel his breath on her cheek. " I crack a lot of jokes ,Sophie , but ....that's just because it's easier, you know? It's how I deal. But that doesn't mean I don't care. I do, a lot.”
― Shannon Messenger, Exile

“Sparkles also make everything better. Well, except alicorn poop."
"I don't know. I think sparkly poop is way better than regular poop."
"That's because you've never fallen into a pile of it.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“Parents: Perfecting ways to humiliate their children since the dawn of time.”
― Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall

“Aura of doom?" Keefe asked, a smirk curling his lips. "Sounds like my kind of party.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“You'd be surprised at how powerful hope can be.”
― Shannon Messenger, Exile

“It was a dangerous world for a sparkly flying horse.”
― Shannon Messenger, Exile

“A school isn’t a school until Sophie tries to destroy it.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“You keep claiming you’re not mysterious, but who are you kidding?
-Keeper of the Lost Cities”
― Shannon Messenger

“There’s no reason to worry.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities