Cinderella Is Dead Quotes

“Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I think sometimes we make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“It's risky...But sometimes that's the only way to get things done. Take the risk, light the fuse. Onward.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“And you're not lost?"
"Maybe I am. But the difference is that I want to be found. I'm not happy pretending everything is fine when I know it's not."
"And just who is it that you suppose will find you?"
"It'll be me. I will find myself.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Look at your children, your friends, your wives, and your daughters. Don't do what is right because they hold those titles. Do what is right because they are people.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“That you try to flatter me when I have a blade at your neck makes me want to slit your throat and spare the world your ignorance.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“We are all trapped here, our stories already written.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“The pockets,” she says. She puts her hands in them and gives a little twirl. “I love pockets.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“You will hear people speak of light and dark, but in my experience you must be well versed in both to find a balance.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Have you ever heard of a man marrying another man? A woman being in love with another woman? Of people who find their hearts lie somewhere in the middle or with neither?”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Be a light in the dark.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“The truth is tricky. People want to know it, but when they do, sometimes they wish they didn’t.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“You weren't selfish. You saw a future for yourself that she couldn't imagine. You wanted her to believe that the two of you could find a way through all this. That's what happens when you care about someone. And when you're brave enough to imagine a different life.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I was twelve when I told my parents that I would much rather find a princess than a prince. They had gone into a state of panic, from which they emerged with a renewed sense of determination. They told me that in order to survive I would have to hide how I felt. I was never very good at it, and the weight of that mask grows heavier with each passing year. I want nothing more than to cast it aside.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“That a girl is considered a spinster if not married by eighteen is wrong, and that the boys don’t even have to attend the ball until they want to is a sickening double standard.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“We’ve also rarely heard about people like us and yet here we are. Just because they deny us doesn’t mean we cease to exist.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“When the leader of this kingdom treats women as property, it sets an awful precedent. People think it’s okay to do the same.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Be very careful what you ask for. Because you just might get it.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“My path has been chosen for me since birth. My future is already written, and I don’t have a say in any of it.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Cinderella has been dead for two hundred years. I’ve been in love with Erin for the better part of three years. And I am about two minutes away from certain death.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“You can keep your girls from harm. And more important, they can be allowed to keep themselves from harm [...] Look at your children, your friends, your wives, your daughters. Don't do what is right because they hold those titles. Do what is right because they are people. Make a choice to change things.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“For all his cruelty, he is a highly intelligent man,” Amina says. “I think we sometimes make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous of men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them. He’s calculating and manipulative, and believe me when I say he will not stop until he finds you.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Some people think they are chosen, destined to be great, and do you know what happens while they are basking in the possibility of their own greatness?"

"I don't know," I say.

She narrows her eyes at me. "What happens is that someone with no particular preordained purpose puts their head down, works hard, and makes something happen out of sheer will.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“People who don't fit nicely into the boxes the kings of Mersailles have defined are simply erased, as if our lives don't matter.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I don't dare tell him that once while I sat in her lap she told me that if I ever went to the ball, I should set the place on fire and dance on the ashes.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“My mother taught me that I am a whole person with or without a husband,” she says emphatically. “Who I am inside and how I treat others are the only things that matter. The same goes for you. Don’t let anybody tell you different.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I wonder how he manages to do that, to make something so terrible seem so inviting. This isn't a dream; it is a nightmare made real, and there is no waking up.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead