“He tugged on Cinders’ reins and guided her to Nerissa’s right. If looks could kill, he’d be as melted as a candle placed on a hunk of red-hot iron. Something about him just rubbed her the wrong way, he supposed. It wouldn’t the first time someone disliked him, and he doubted it would be the last.”
“I was his Doll, and he was my darkest fairytale.”
“Time was always a foreign concept in nature; us trees simply don’t feel its presence.”
“You are not a monster! You are a prince. My prince.”
“Vengeance was not his to wield, but he certainly wished it was.”
“Who could have thought that anyone would love a hideous nutcracker?”
“I will be your salvation, girl, but in time . . . in time, you will be ours.”
“Magic screen upon the wall, who's the most sentient of them all?”