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Once Upon A Dream Quotes

Once Upon A Dream by Liz Braswell

Once Upon A Dream Quotes
"The little balls danced around the room in a manner that suggested intelligence, as if they were investigating the cracks, the crevices, the nooks, the crannies."
"Not in death but just in sleep the fateful prophecy you'll keep, and from this slumber you shall wake when True Love's Kiss the spell shall break."
"It wasn't bravery if you don't feel fear, right? If you're not afraid, then you're not really forcing yourself to do something brave."
"This is not the world in which you are supposed to reside."
"If you want to save yourself and those you love, you need to figure out how to get out of all this."
"Wake up, you don't belong here. Wake up already! Do something!"
"I would rather kill a dragon and get it over with than have to think about all of this!"
"What I know by touch and smell and sight—is all I know. Let's say this is real now. Let's start with that."
"I wouldn't put this in a dream," the princess said shakily.
"If we go down to cross," the prince said hesitantly, "she could seal it back up over us immediately. Right?"
"But if she wanted to kill us outright, couldn't she have just opened the earth immediately below us?"
"The idea of instant black death did not appeal to the princess at all."
"Every time we narrowly evade a trap or attack, it means we're getting closer to our goal."
"You said you didn't know what it means to be a real princess. Well, now you do."
"Being a member of royalty means the lives of those you rule are more important than your own."
"You're a princess," the tiny fairy squealed in amazement. "A beautiful, fairy-tale princess! In the flesh!"
"Your beauty comes with a trace of fairy magic...a fairy gift, if I'm not mistaken."
"We shall give you a dress as green as the pines that shelter you and shoes to match!"
"Your prince has no idea how lucky he is," the fairy buffing her nails said, leaning in close to whisper.
"Your beauty isn't even my own. It was given to me by someone else."
"It's not always the result of the decision that's important; it's how we make those decisions."
"You might not see them coming," Aurora said, shivering. The fog was cold and swirled around them again.
"You know what wind is like, right?" Phillip asked. "So summon one and blow this all away!"
"It's my dream, my touching the spindle caused all this. I'm the first one who fell asleep under her spell."
"All in a day's work," she said, after defending against a demon.
"I was killing a demon," she said. "It happens in battle sometimes."
"We are now getting close to the heart of the forest—where the cottage should be," Phillip said cheerfully.
"Like suddenly being whacked in the head by a small rock, a crystalline image would explode in the insides of her mind."
"Sometimes concentrating on one lovely thing about each memory helped her remain upright."
"How could the women who had loved her and rocked her and raised her lie to her for sixteen years?"
"You have only killed one other person, really. I'm not counting the mist sprite because your boyfriend here helped you finish it off."
"She has now fed upon royal blood and is much stronger."
"I wake up and I'm grown-up. That's some subtlety there."
"I know. I know. But...we have other things to do."
"The less she has to think about, to concentrate on, when the battle is joined, the better."
"You want something to inspire your subjects, not frighten them."
"It’s not fair that you don’t have time to try on all the different possibilities."
"I didn’t know I had it in me to be so snarky."
"We’re not quite as skilled at manipulating your dreamworld."
"Better to make do with the things already around you."
"Time passes slowest in this, her most buried memory, but it passes nonetheless."
"You realize you only think you need the stuff the living do."
"You cursed a baby because you were slighted."
"Bravery? Intelligence? Please. You’re nothing but a silly little princess."
"I am Aurora Rose, rightful queen of this kingdom."
"Wish I had my horse. Samson could take at least two of us."
"Don’t think you can flatter your way into my good graces."
"I think there’s going to be a lot of talk about our two kingdoms."