#cinder

I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#away #cinderella #else #get #how

My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me. ↗

— Chris Evert

#beginning #cinderella #first #i #i think

I mean it. I can't go alone. And I really can't go with Levana." "Well, there are about 200,000 single girls in this city who would fall over themselves to have the privilege." A hush passed between them... "Cinder." She couldn't help it. She looked at him... "200,000 single girls," he said. "Why not you?" Cyborg. Lunar. Mechanic. She was the last thing he wanted. She opened her lips, and the elevator stopped. "I'm sorry. But trust me---you don't want to go with me." The doors opened and the tension released her. She rushed out of the elevator, head down, trying to look at the small group of people waiting for the elevator. "Come to the ball with me." She froze. Everyone in the hallway froze. Cinder turned back. Kai was still standing in elevator B one hand propping open the door. Her nerves frazzled, and all the emotions of the past hour were converging into a single sickening feeling---exasperation. The hall was filled with doctors, nurses, androids, officials, technicians, and they all fell into an awkward hush and stared at the prince and the girl in the baggy cargo pants he was flirting with. Flirting. Squaring her shoulders, she retreated back into the elevator and pushed him inside, not even caring that it was her metal hand. "Hold the elevator," he said to the android as the doors shut behind him. He smiled. "That got your attention. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#doctor-who

Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?" "I-I don't know. I mean, no. No, I'm sorry, I'm not going to the ball." Kai drew back, confused. "Oh well...but...maybe you would change your mind? Because I am, you know." "The prince." "Not bragging," he said quickly. "Just a fact. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#cinder #kai #prince #change

But at some point in her passage, the trees began to change. They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened. She put her hand to a tree and touched the lichen growing dark green upon brown, and it felt like old cork, dry and crumbling. Here the sun mellowed, took on the cast of late afternoon, and the shadows seemed to fall a bit longer; the forest had sunk into a deeper silence, magnifying what sounds did arise. The sudden, quick crash of a fox bounding through the brush was as loud as the slam of a great wooden door. ↗

— Malinda Lo

#forest #wood #change

She raised her eyebrows in a look that she hoped conveyed how much she was all right with him leaving her. After all, he was a prince. The most powerful men and women on Earth had summoned him. She understood. And yet he was still here, with her. "I'm fine," she said. "Go away. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#kai #men

I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and heels. It's fun! ↗

— Maria Bello

#dress #fashion #fun #girl #great

Someone at Disney heard one of the records and called me in to do the sounds of Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella. ↗

— June Foray

#cat #cinderella #disney #heard #me

Kyle held out his hand and Reid shook it like a good sport, but he made sure to add a little extra pressure and a meaningful stare in the universal male Don’t-f**k-with-this-chick-or-I’ll-eat-your-heart-for-breakfast-with-my-Wheaties look. ↗

— Gina L. Maxwell

#gina-l-maxwell #seducing-cinderella #love

Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game! ↗

— Babe Ruth

#baseball #cinderella-story #inspiration #motivation #quote