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“Love is willing to become to villain so that the one who you love can stay a hero.”
― Josephine Angelini, Firewalker

“Rise, red as the dawn.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Anyone can betray anyone.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“You should know the difference between secrets and lies.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I'm a Red girl in a sea of Silvers and I can't afford to feel sorry for anyone, least of all the son of a snake.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Red in the head, Silver in the heart”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“This was the shadow controlling the flame.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“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

“Beauty can only fight the truth for so long...”
― 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

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

“I'm afraid I've already found my Ever After, Hort," said Sophie.

"What? With who?" Hort asked, aghast.

"On my own," she said, her voice sure and clear. "I'm happy on my own."

And for the first time, she knew it was true.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

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

“Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“It wasn't goodbye forever. Only goodbye for now. And if ever the distance was too much to bear, she would just look inside her heart, for Agatha was already there.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“That's the difference between Good and Evil, Clarissa,' the Evil Dean said softly. 'We know that love isn't always enough for a happy ending.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“But sometimes to keep Evil from getting in, you have to let Good out.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“Even fairy tales have limits," said Sophie. "Three people can't have an Ever After. Not without me being alone.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“No one can hide from their fate without a price.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“This was about two sides warring for love.

She and Tedros fighting for Good. Sophie and the School Master fighting for Evil.

Once upon a time, she and her best friend tried to find a happy ending together. Now only one of them could come out alive.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“And yet, even if my heart beats for Evil, that doesn’t mean I can’t find love. That doesn’t mean I can’t find happiness. It just means I have to find love with someone who embraces my darkness instead of fighting it.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“I’ve already killed you and kissed you more times in my head than you deserve.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“Reaper?” Tedros blurted. “If you think for one second I’m allowing that Satan-worshipper in my castle—” “Your castle? I thought it was our castle.” “Which means we get a pet we both like.” “No Reaper, no me.” “No you, then.” “You puffed-up, lily-livered, mule-headed—” Agatha stopped and saw Sophie goggling at the two of them. “I really am better off, aren’t I?” said Sophie. All three of them burst into laughter.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“I’m the prince and you’re the princess and rescuing our friend is my job. Just ask Merlin!” Tedros yelled, practically a shriek— “Yes, now you’ve got it, boy,” Merlin spouted, not looking as he trimmed his beard with a thorn. “Sound perfectly female now.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“Well, my dear. At least you can say you’re even now.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“I choose whether this world lives or dies. And I’m happy to watch it burn to dust if you expect a slave instead of a queen.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After