#princes

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#civilizing #frogs #makes #princes #process

I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow? ↗

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

#choice #frances-hodgson-burnett #life #life

The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger. ↗

— Hayao Miyazaki

#princess-mononoke #anger

Something about her is so tempting to look at. Her anger has a childish aura as if she isn’t made of real evil; just a bratty princess playing with her toy fangs. ↗

— Cameron Jace

#princess #snow-white #anger

The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured. How artfully she beckons, how perfectly she punishes.... ↗

— Kresley Cole

#poison-princess #art

But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to go to bed, she left without saying good night. After that, the princesses in her stories were always beautiful. Always. ↗

— Kelly Barnhill

#fairy-tales #princesses #storytelling #beauty

Act'. How many good people do you really know? I discount those who mouth out platitudes for the edification of the young, and who truly are 'good', whatever that means?" What a strange subject, and from such a strange person!"Everyone I know is a mixture, some with more good than bad, and it varies on different days, ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#beauty #flauvic-acting #good #princess-elestra #beauty

If everywhere you go everyone watches you, and wants you, can you truly be yourself? ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#princess-elestra #beauty

What's it really like to always be the prettiest person in a room? Dos it mean you're always acting as if in a play, because no one stops looking at you?' 'Life is a play, isn't it? ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#beauty #flauvic #life #princess-elestra #beauty

…I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#lost-opportunity #princess #sleeping-beauty #too-hard #beauty