Solstice Stories Quotes

“It isn’t every day a beauty begs me to show mercy to our beast.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories

“It isn't every day a Beauty begs me to show mercy to our Beast.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“You can't just break a Bellheather curse with a kiss.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“You call my kind Otherworldly, but as the daughter of the King, you live in a world that is out of reach even of your fellow humans.
You, Princess, are as otherworldly as they come.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“And that is how our waterfall remains hidden. Those who dare not stray from the path will never know it’s there,” Calo replied.
“How did you find out it was there?” Mira asked Calo.
“Isn’t it obvious?” Calo grinned. “I strayed from the path.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned about love, it’s that it has no limitations. It plays by no rules and follows no guidelines. Like magic, love has a will of its own. And... it isn’t always what you’d expect, but once it finds you, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“Suddenly, a strange spark of something that felt like magic flickered to life inside her bones. It was a dark, gleeful confirmation that evil still lived within her... and that the time to claim her was drawing nearer with every tick of the clock. Instinctively, she crossed her arms over her chest, trying to soothe the sparks of magic that stung beneath her skin.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“Before the sun sets on your eighteenth birthday...”
That was it, then. She was out of sunsets.
This time tomorrow, she would know exactly what it meant to be cursed.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories: Four Fairy Tale Retellings

“Her last conscious thought was of all the ships and seafarers who had been lost before her, still trapped in the wrecks that would rest forever on the ocean floor below.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories

“I want to believe in magic. And maybe, in a way, I do. I believe in the magic of moments, of hope. I don’t believe that magic will cure my mother, but I do believe that it was some sort of magic that led me to all of you. I believe you were meant to find me. Just as you were meant to find each other.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories

“Of course, we must still exercise a great deal of caution. For while he may be persuaded to let us live... a beast can never be fully tamed.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories