One True King Quotes

“She'd always thought of cake as fleeting, pointless, but here in the span of one taste, she'd understood why it mattered. Because life was fleeting and pointless unless you let yourself enjoy it, savour it, down to its lightest, most insignificant moments.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Every story needs a little impossible.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“ Past is Present and Present is Past. The story goes round and round again...
Unless you learn from that past, thought Agatha.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“This world is powered by its stories. Stories that are real to those who live them, but stories that also inspire and teach and belong to every last soul in these Woods.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Because life was fleeting and pointless unless you let yourself enjoy it, savor it, down to its lightest, most insignificant moments.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“I love everything about you. Even the terrible parts of you. They're beautiful as the good parts. I knew from the moment I met you that I couldn't love anyone else. Not like I love you.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“That's what a good girlfriend does,' Hester trumped/
'Oh, I'm your girlfriend now?' Anadil said, peeking back at her. 'Shouldn't that warrant some conversation?'
'Girl friend. Two words,' said Hester.
'That's not what it sounded like.' said Anadil.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Tedros turned away. 'I don't like being hurt.'
'Who is hurting you?'
'No one.' He swallowed. 'I'm okay.'
'You're lucky, then, because I fell quite hurt myself.'
He looked back at me. 'You do? Where are you hurt?'
'Here,' I said, my hand on my heart.
'Oh.' He nodded. 'Who hurt you?'
'Someone I loved very much,' I said.
Tedros nodded. 'Me too.' He sniffled and curled into a bean shape, his back against my knee. 'When does the hurt go away?'
'Once you make friends with it. Once you come to see the hurt not as something to fear or run away from, but as an important part of you. As important as love and hope and happiness. All of them are pieces of you heart, each as important as the other. But ignoring the hurt or pretending it's not there doesn't make it go away. It just means that you're not using all of your heart. Soon that piece might even dry up and break away. We don't want that. A strong king needs all of his heart. And the funny thing is, once you're bold enough to welcome the hurt, to give it a hug and face it unafraid... then suddenly, it's gone.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Agatha plucked him off the pillow and hugged him tight. Reaper scowled: 'When in the presence of my subjects, I'd prefer a more distant approach.'
'When in the presence of my cat, I know nothing but love.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“The work is done.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Give yourself permission to be happy. That is the magic spell. Then everything will be possible”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“I've kissed boys, turned into a girl, and am marrying you . No one can say I'm close-minded.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“The End of Ends... the stories told... What wondrous souls you are.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Hope that we can all be as valiant as the Lady, to face our mistakes, to accept our weakness and keep going, wherever it takes us, not for Good or Evil, not for glory, but to find the truth of who we are meant to be.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“The truth cannot be spoken. It must be seen.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“But love can't be controlled. Love requires surrender and faith.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Jealousy has no bounds. It cannot be quenched, even by death.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“WALLS CAN BE useful,” said Dot as she climbed the fog. “Without a wall, you might not know where to begin. But a wall is a challenge. Put a wall in front of a witch and she’ll find her way past it.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Camelot might be our Ever After," said Agatha. "But this is where our fairytale began.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Please, M,' said the king, 'Stay a little longer.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Agatha trusted him now. Because he trusted himself.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“But Dot was already hugging and kissing them both, her two witch friends squirming and gagging, but doing nothing to free themselves.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“A hand pulled her back. “You catch me, I catch you,”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“He looked at her, a scared boy in a man-wolf's body. "I love you Sophie," he breathed. "I love everything about you. Even the terrible parts of you. They're as beautiful as the good parts. I knew from the moment I met you that I couldn't love anyone else. Not like I love you. I tried, Sophie. I tried to let you go. But love doesn't give you that choice. Not real love. At least you'll know now. That your story had a happy ending all along. That you had true love. Always.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Hort’s talent is busting out of his clothes. Nicola’s is reminding us how smart she is. And my mother’s is an unhelpful mix of cluelessness and evading responsibility.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Isn’t the world upside down enough without it actually being upside down?” Anadil marveled. “Maybe they see things clearer that way,” Hester said. “Eh, I’d say this group is as blind as the rest,” said Anadil. Hester”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Agatha pinched her arm playfully. 'I really do like this new Sophie who eats honeycake, is the queen of candy, and makes feasting a priority while in the throes of danger.'
'You know how one day you woke up and discovered boys aren't the toxic poison you thought they were? Well, boys and cake have a lot in common, it turns out," Sophie said with a wink.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“Means I'm half-Ever, though' Dot said, looking tense. 'Not exactly a witch.' She eyed Hester and Anadil nervously, as if she might be expelled from the coven.
'Well...' said Hester. 'Nobody's perfect.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“He was stubborn, rash, prideful, overemotional, and had poor instincts... and oh, how I'd miss the boy.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King

“His castle would be open to her always, his once-nemesis now part of his family, and no doubt fresh challenges to would arise in the course of his reign where the King of Camelot would call upon the Witch of Woods Beyond for her help.”
― Soman Chainani, One True King