Best Fairy Tale Retellings Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Two days ago, birdsong filled the air, which smelled of promise and upcoming summer. So much for that. Instead, she awoke to another blizzard. Welcome to the Lowlands, where spring is merely a two-degree warmer extension of winter.”

Christian Hope Sisters Christian Fiction Christian Fantasy Fairy Tale Retellings Snow White And Rose Red

Book:Shattered Reaction

Source: Shattered Reaction

“Everyone knows: people who cross boarders do so for a reason.”

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Book:Four Kings

Source: Four Kings

“Promises are like silly jokes, told around a table when the food is good and no one has anything to lose by telling a lie or two - lies should have been a synonym for the word 'promise' in dictionaries, but only a few people knew it.”

Jokes Lies Promises Fairy Tale Retellings

Book:Jar of Hearts

Source: Jar of Hearts

“The hours wear on, while the surreal atmosphere of the asylum does not wear off.”

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Book:Four Kings

Source: Four Kings

“When one finds oneself in the kind of strange, unsettling circumstances as I presently find myself, it is only natural, after all, to have a few, unusual, vivid dreams.”

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Book:Four Kings

Source: Four Kings

“Have I..." I venture, terrified of the potential answer. "Have I gone mad?" "No, no, no." She says. "Okay, oui, peut-être, that depends. Maybe you have gone a little mad, and only for a little spell.”

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Book:Four Kings

Source: Four Kings

“He had danced with fair maidens before, but Odette was different. She was graceful and beautiful, but there was something in her eyes and in the things she said, an intelligence and a boldness that belied her quiet demeanor.”

Beautiful Robin Hood Fairy Tale Retellings Swan Lake Odette Jorgen

Book:The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

Source: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

“His hands wrapped around her upper arms, holding her gently. "You are even more beautiful when you dance.”

Beautiful Fairy Tale Retellings Gisela Valten Gerstenberg

Book:The Captive Maiden

Source: The Captive Maiden

“You terrify me, Isabelle. I've never met a girl like you. You're a fighter, fierce as hell. You never quit. You don't know how. You don't need anyone. You certainly don't need me.”

Ya Fairy Tale Retellings

Book:Stepsister

Source: Stepsister

“Geoffrey's eye was caught by the crucifix on the wall, of Jesus hanging on the cross, his head bowed. What kind of humility did it take to allow oneself to be nailed to a cross, hanging in agony until dead?”

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Book:Court of Swans

Source: Court of Swans

“The girl was clearly an orphan. She was near Ben’s age. No protection from any family. Was clearly a believer given her previous words. Bracing for the coming storm that his words would receive, he spoke firmly and slowly so there would be no mistaking the decision he had come to.”

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Book:A Noble Thief

Source: A Noble Thief

“He’d been around the island for a while, and I’m sorry to say that being bashed around in Battle and at raids had done nothing very good for his brains.”

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Book:Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook

Source: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook

“No matter the place, war looks, smells, and sounds the same. Wars also wreak the same turmoil. Grief and heartache. Starvation and desperation”

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Book:Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

Source: Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“What an idiot I am. I created a pact with children. Not even a blood pact but a vow that yields nothing for my kettle or Wake. A vow born of weakness. But a vow all the same. I will not fail them, no matter the cost.”

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Book:Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

Source: Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“No mission ever mattered. They were all inconsequential except as the most direct route to retirement. Then a small human girl held my hand and looked at me without an ounce of fear but with pounds of faith.”

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Book:Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

Source: Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“I'm lost in the tide of her breathing, the sweet smell of her skin, the push and pull of our bodies against each other...”

Love Sapphic Sapphic Romance Fairy Tale Retellings Sapphic Love

Book:Cinderella Is Dead

Source: Cinderella Is Dead

“I swallowed hard, trying not to let my feelings show. To hide them, I grinned. “Ewan, I have something to tell you,” I whispered. The lines around his mouth trembled. “Yes?” “You won’t laugh.” “Rapunzel… No, of course not.” “Ewan… I love bacon.” At that, Ewan laughed then placed his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close, planting a kiss on the top of my head. “Yeah. Me too.”

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Book:Golden Braids and Dragon Blades: Steampunk Rapunzel

Source: Golden Braids and Dragon Blades: Steampunk Rapunzel

“The world needs more people like you, Odette." She smiled to lighten the mood."And you, Jorgen Hortman.”

Fairy Tale Retellings Odette Jorgen

Book:The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

Source: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

“Gisela looked more frightened now than she had before-frightened for him rather than for herself if he read the expression correctly. He looked her in the eye. I won't let you down. I will save you.”

Frightened Rescue Fairy Tale Retellings Gisela Valten Gerstenberg

Book:The Captive Maiden

Source: The Captive Maiden

“The peach siding created a gorgeous contrast to the stucco walls and the dark-brown roof tiles—a fairytale house in a fairytale suburban neighborhood. She rolled her eyes. Too bad life had been anything but.”

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Book:Poisoned Apple

Source: Poisoned Apple

“Her long hair, the deep black of a raven’s wing, was pulled back from her face. I couldn’t tell if my new stepsister was pretty, or hideous, or merely the strangest girl I had ever seen. “I don’t want a pretend mother. Or a false sister.” The princess’s voice was cold as ice. I hesitated, then curtseyed to her, but she seemed to take no notice, and certainly didn’t return the favor. Either we would become friends—or the bitterest of enemies.”

Siblings Fairy Tale Retellings Snow White And Rose Red

Book:White as Frost

Source: White as Frost

“You hunt... Your fellow creatures?" I ask, still in disbelief. "Of course. A hunt is only as interesting as the prey is clever!”

Source: Four Kings

“It wasn't just a room, it was a library filled to the brim with books--volume upon delicious volume of delight.”

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Book:Bellarose III

Source: Bellarose III

“Magdalen, the girl with pretty green eyes. Magdalen, who was smiling so warmly right now at Lenhart, who was attentive to Katrin even when she talked too much. She had been so gentle and concerned about his wounds, washing his face and bringing him fresh water to drink.”

Historical Romance Christian Fiction Fairy Tale Retellings Melanie Dickerson Goose Girl

Book:The Noble Servant

Source: The Noble Servant

“Yeah, but what we need are some fighters who know how to take down a wolf. I know three." "If you are going to get the Pigs, you'll need backup. They're not to be trifled with.”

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Book:Fractured Dream

Source: Fractured Dream