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She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn’t fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school’s graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn’t scare her. It made her feel alive.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
The thing Tedros liked about girls is that they always started the conversation. Most of the time, his job was just to listen, ask questions, and try to understand what in God’s name was going on in their complicated little heads. He rarely had any idea what girls were talking about or why they made everything so torturous in their logic, so playing the role of the strong, silent type usually gave him time to catch up.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
Sophie bristled. “About to die with your beloved prince and still thinking about me. My story will go on without you, Agatha. I don’t need you anymore or your pity, like one of your decrepit cats. I’m no longer your Good Deed.”“But I’m still yours, ” said Agatha. “Because without your love, I’d never have become who I really am. So even if I die, I’ll always be your Good Deed, Sophie. And no Evil in the world will ever erase that.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Professor Manley begins his first day of Uglification class by explaining why villains must be ugly to succeed. Ugliness releases you from the surface – from the prison of vanity and youur own looks – and sets you free to embrace the soul within.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
I’ve been beautiful all along.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
And yet knowing all these mistakes were yours, beautifully yours, and you came out the better for it… the boy I left behind well on his way to becoming an extraordinary man and an extraordinary king.” Merlin smiled. “If only from your choice of princess alone.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
I’m afraid I’ve already found my Ever After, Hort, ” said Sophie.”What? With who?” Hort asked, aghast.”On my own, ” she said, her voice sure and clear. “I’m happy on my own.”And for the first time, she knew it was true.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
But as they grew closer and closer, Sophie had opened Agatha’s wings to a love so strong she thought it would last forever. It was she and Sophie against the world. But on that first day of school, watching Sophie with a prince, Agatha realized how blind she’d been. The bond between two girls, no matter how fierce or loyal, changed once a boy came between them.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Watching across the aisles, the Nevers’ faces began to change. One by one, their scowls turned sorrowful, their eyes melted to hurt. Hort, Ravan, Anadil, even Hester…as if they too wished they could have such joy. As if they too wished they could feel as wanted. Gone was their will to fight, lost to broken hearts, and the villains shrank into silence, snakes drained of venom.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
You aren’t jealous that Agatha gets a boy and a crown and a kingdom and everything else?” Hort pressed in disbelief. “You aren’t jealous that Agatha’s a queen?” He saw her stop at the gates, faced away as students streamed past. “A tiny bit, of course, ” she said softly. “But then I remember . . .” Sophie looked back, smiling bright as a diamond. “I’m me.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
But sometimes to keep Evil from getting in, you have to let Good out.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Everytime you do a Good Deed with true intention, your soul grows purer.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
Sophie and Agatha locked eyes one last time but neither screamed for the other.Once true loves, the two girls now pulled apart like strangers, each in the arms of a boy, Good with Good, Evil with Evil…Both of their wishes granted.
— Soman Chainani, A World Without Princes
Gently Agatha touched her face in the mirror, glowing from inside. A face no one recognized because it was so happy.There could be no turning back now. The bread crumbs on the dark trail were gone. Instead, she had the truth to guide her. A truth greater than any
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
Is it really a Lie if someone is unwilling to see the Truth?
— Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory
[B]eware trying to bend the Truth to fit your story instead of facing it head-on. That was your father’s mistake. And that’s how a Snake becomes a Lion and a Lion becomes a Snake. Because the more you bend the Truth to fit a story, the more it turns into Lies without you even realizing it.
— Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory
Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Sophie: “For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub.”Agatha: “I thought it was a better ending.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
Even fairy tales have limits, ” said Sophie. “Three people can’t have an Ever After. Not without me being alone.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
– You gave me a dead frog for my birthday!- To remind you we all die and end up rotting underground eaten by maggots so we should enjoy our birthdays while we have them. I found it thoughtful.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
Hester glowered at her. “The biggest mistake a villain can make is to get caught up in revenge. Hansel and Gretel were two hungry kids trying to survive in the Woods. Mother thought she’d captured another pair of greedy, gluttonous brats, only to grossly underestimate them. Hansel and Gretel killed her because they had to. It wasn’t personal.” She glanced back at the old siblings. “Doesn’t mean I can stand the sight of ’em, of course. But it also doesn’t mean their story has anything to do with mine anymore.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
My behavior last night was poor.””Poor?” Agatha coughed. “You pushed me through a window!
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
To me, a king is a lighthouse. A guide who can cast his glow across his kingdom and bring every last one of us out of the shadows. A beacon who we can look up to when the world seems lost. A bridge who can unite us when our differences seem to stark to reconcile. Tonight, we need a king who is all of those things. A king who can look each of you in the eye and make you feel that you won’t just fight for him or his kingdom, but you’ll fight for our way of life.
— Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory
It’s the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they’re just as complicated as real life.
— Soman Chainani, A World Without Princes
Turns out all it takes to bring enemies to peace is a bigger enemy.
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil Series Box Set: Books 1-3
Nothing will ever be enough to satisfy the black hole in our hearts.
— Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
Agatha: “If you say anything smug or stuck-up or shallow, I’ll have Reaper follow you home.”Sophie: “But then I can’t talk!
— Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
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