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“You speak of love? Love is a sickness that causes men and women to do stupid things, the sorts of things that leave them sad and broken when the fever passes.”

Men Love Passion Women Ignorance Loss Of Love Cinderella Innocence Lost

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“I no longer believe that people are born without virtue. It gets beaten out. Misfortune threshes our souls as a flail threshes wheat, and the lightest parts of ourselves are scattered to the wind.”

Virtue Human Nature Threshold Cinderella Misfortune Loss Of Innocence

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“As I watched her drowse, tears filled my eyes. I was seized with the fear that she would die, that I would lose her. Angels are not meant to dwell in the world of men. I was never meant to have anything so good.”

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“Get on, then," he said. "Make me beautiful.”

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“I wonder sometimes if the thoughts that flock my nightmares are abandoned memories coming home to roost.”

Memories Thoughts Memory Nightmare Nightmares Cinderella Suppressed Memories

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“I was a candle that had never known a flame, and now that the flame was lit, I softened and glowed in a way I had not known was possible.”

Love Sex Awakening Candle Flame Cinderella Sexual Awakening

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“Our fascination with feminine beauty is elemental. It is said that men wish to possess the princess and women wish to be the princess, but I believe that is only part of the truth. We are drawn to extraordinary beauty mindlessly and purposelessly; we flutter on dusty moth wings toward the effulgence with no understanding of why we do it. Perhaps when we see a woman with the aspect of an angel, our souls are tricked into following her, mistaking her for a guide to paradise. The opposite, of course, is also true.”

Beauty Ignorance Possession Angels Duality Cinderella Feminine Beauty Complexity Of Life

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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“Rich only matters if he marries you," I said grimly. "Handsome matters not at all.”

Love Beauty Rich Handsome Cinderella Loveless Marriage

Book:All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

Source: All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother