As Old As Time: A Twisted Tale (Twisted Tale, A)

“What if you, Rosalind, my mother, act differently from humans—and everyone else? The villagers, the servants, the government? What if you personally hold yourself above the law—as a vigilante? What if it’s just you? You’re doing the same thing D’Arque did…applying the actions of one to a whole people. That’s ridiculous. Whether you’re Huguenot or Catholic or Jewish or gypsy or short or have dark skin—or blue skin. Everyone is different. Each person has his or her own soul and is master of his or her own destiny.”

magic always comes back on itself

Could you blame someone for their views if that was the way they were raised…and then turned into a beast for ten years?

You can’t have adventures without risk. You can’t have great things if you constantly fear loss.

scariest, most frightening person can turn out to be quite a lovely character…if you give him time.

There her father could spend all his time inventing—not trying to eke out a living for himself and his daughter among countryfolk who thought he was mad.
And then Belle could have all the books she wanted. And no one would look at her as being odd; not in a city full of odd people.

Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
—Sylvia Plath