“Because if I have a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, aren't I supposed to get a prince?”

“I thought it was her wicked stepmother who poisoned her...''...Turned out the wicked stepmother had an alibi.''...Seems she was off poisoning someone else at the time. Chance in a million, really. It was just bad luck.”

“Sometimes, of course, the sister’s the wicked one, not the stepmother.”

“I wasn’t exactly a stranger to feeling like a princess—if you meant the princess in the first half of the fairy tale. Cinderella as a scullery maid. Snow White with the wicked stepmother. But I wasn’t used to what life was like after you meet the prince, after the slipper fits, after the kiss wakes you from your slumber. It would take some getting used to.”

“My hate is general, I detest all men;Some because they are wicked and do evil,Others because they tolerate the wicked,Refusing them the active vigorous scornWhich vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.”

“Waiting for Prince Charming?""Aren't all women? And you're waiting for Cinderella.""Actually," Jared said slowly, "I'm rather hoping to find the Evil Queen. I think she'd be much more fun.”