Red Quotes

“I’m sorry, ma’am. Your daughter died of laughter. It’s an infectious disease. I did everything I could.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Funny, that we always told stories with wolves and beasts and demons as villains, but in real life it seemed the humans were always the worst enemies. You could be your own villain.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

“Life is like a story. It doesn't mean anything if it doesn't end.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

“Sometimes we have to fall down before we can stand up.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

“Life is like a story. It doesn’t mean anything if it doesn’t end.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“It is a hard thing to lose someone you love,” said Beast. “But perhaps the harder thing to lose is yourself.” Beast looked back in the mirror at her beautiful reflection. “We lose ourselves when we’re afraid.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Love life more than you fear death.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“It’s not very ladylike.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Who was the monster, here?”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

“There was a cave-in,” said Borlen, still breathing hard. “Tunnel two hundred and three.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“My mother named me after a cow’s rear end.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“And will you be afraid when I die? Because I will,”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“I can’t leave you! You’ll die!”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Funny that we always tell stories with wolves and beasts and demons as villains, but in real life it seems the humans are always the worst enemies. You could be your own villain.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“No one would deny that she’s beautiful.” “I believe many would deny it,”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“I’ll never be loved!”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“No one had ever told me they felt safer with me before.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Drowning. Inside.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“it won’t be real. Love isn’t love unless he chooses to love you, right?”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Who was the monster here?”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Some mistakes need to be made. Sometimes we have to fall down before we can stand up.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“But I bet even if I chopped off her head, she’d keep talking.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“alone, sick, dying. I heard her words echo inside me. Don’t be afraid. I wasn’t afraid. I wouldn’t be.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Ah, death. The human tragedy. Your pitifully short existence is not enough for you. You fear the end.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“And I never cry.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“One way or another, everybody dies.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Of course. It would be my fault.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“aaaAAACHIPMUNKS!”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“Why, hello, Red,” said the wolf. “Don’t you look tasty—I mean, lovely today.” “Oh, Granny,” I said. “What big eyes you have!” “The better to see you with, my dear,” said the wolf. “Come closer, will you?” I stepped closer. “Granny, what big ears you have!” “The better to hear you with, my dear. Come just a little closer.” I stepped right beside the bed. “Oh, Granny! What big teeth you have!” “The better to eat you with!” The wolf opened its jaws and swallowed my head. I shrieked until its teeth tickled my neck, and then I laughed. Finally the wolf stopped and let me go. It reached up with hairy paws and pulled off its head, revealing Granny underneath. She smacked her lips. “You were delicious.”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

“She’s dead! I killed her!”
― Liesl Shurtliff, Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood