Top 160 Soman Chainani Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “In any case, you told me what to wear. Not how to wear it.”

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52. “Is it really a Lie if someone is unwilling to see the Truth?”

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53. “To be in a world of magic and romance and Goodness and then robbed back into drab, pointless life seemed so... wrong. I didn’t belong in a cottage lane with fifteen houses exactly like mine. I couldn’t marry some shopkeeper or cobbler’s boy and slog at the bakery each day just to feed our children. I wanted to find real happiness where The End didn’t mean getting old and useless and being crammed in a graveyard with everyone else.”

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54. “Even fairy tales have limits,” said Sophie. “Three people can’t have an Ever After. Not without me being alone.”

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55. “Relationships are about taking off the mask you wear to make someone like you and letting them see the real you. The one you hid all the time. The one you never thought was good enough to find love in the first place.”

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56. “Princes must be so confused when they see you,” said Dot. “Most villains don’t look like princesses.”

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57. “Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.”

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58. “Trust me, my dears, I am smarter than the both of you,” said Merlin.”

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59. “I’m the prince and you’re the princess and rescuing our friend is my job. Just ask Merlin!” Tedros yelled, practically a shriek – “Yes, now you’ve got it, boy,” Merlin spouted, not looking as he trimmed his beard with a thorn. “Sound perfectly female now.”

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60. “This is no longer a tale about whether you will find fame or fortune or your perfect little happy ending. This is a tale about whether you are capable of growing from the snake of your own story into the hero of someone else’s.”

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61. “Whoever birthed you would slay herself on the spot if she knew you had her blood!” Tedros spat. “I’m proud to be my mother’s son.”

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62. “Well, my dear. At least you can say you’re even now.”

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63. “Might as well kill ourselves now, then,” Cinderella cracked. Agatha twirled to her. “Or kill you since you’re a vile, black-hearted beast who no one can stand!”

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64. “Go ahead, laugh. You can name your children Blond and Blonder.”

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65. “Sometimes the last person you should ask for the Truth is the one who knows it.”

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66. “And a pink spell?” Anadil said, her three rats looking just as befuddled. “You definitely saw wrong. If a boy’s using a pink curse, it’d be serious black magic.”

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67. “So there’s no way home?” Agatha asked, eyes welling. “Not unless it’s your ending,” the School Master said. “And going home together is a rather far-fetched ending for two girls fighting for opposing sides, don’t you think?”

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68. “If there was one word Agatha dreaded more than “ball”, it was “dancing”.”

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69. “I choose whether this world lives or dies. And I’m happy to watch it burn to dust if you expect a slave instead of a queen.”

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70. “That sordid, slippery little Snake looked us in the eyes and dared us to sire a king. And tonight, that king will have his vengeance.”

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71. “It doesn’t matter what we are, it matters what we do.”

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72. “No one can hide from their fate without a price.”

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73. “Agatha let out a rush of air and gripped her old history textbook to her chest. Leave it to a librarian to find the book she needed, she thought, silently thanking the tortoise.”

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74. “A prince and a witch, willing to kill each other for you,” she rasped in her scratchy voice. “If it was me, I’d feel flattered.” She watched the rodents disembowel the lizard and lifted her hooded red eyes. “Thankfully I don’t have feelings.”

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75. “You may have been born to do it, but that doesn’t mean you’ll do it well.”

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76. “Dot’s boiling chocolate.”

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77. “At last, her Weasel had come.”

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78. “Imagine if he looked like me, she snorted. They’d have dumped the baby in the woods.”

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79. “So the men of Bagha Purana did what men do when they’re well beaten by a woman and can’t find a way to fight fair. They pointed their fingers at her and screamed, Witch!”

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80. “It had taken her whole life to make a single friend. And here these girls had become best friends in minutes as if making friends was the simplest thing in the world. Agatha pricked with shame.”

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81. “Agatha finally understood. There was no kiss because there would never be a kiss. Sophie had no intention of them going home. Ever.”

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82. “And what about your kiss with Agatha? Or Agatha’s kiss with Tedros?”

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83. “Sophie blinked at her. “You eavesdropped on everything we were saying?” “Eavesdropped? You were yelling,” said Beatrix, looking up. “About the Lion,” said Anadil. “And the kiss,” said Nicola. “And how you don’t know his name,” said Hort, stonefaced. “Sophie kisses Rafal, Sophie kisses Tedros, now Sophie kisses Lion with No Name,” said Kiko. “My mother said kiss too many boys and you turn into a snail.” “Preach,” said Hester. Sophie.”

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84. “Get too used to glorious sunsets and it is easy to blame the sun for stealing the clouds’ glory – but withhold the sun and there is nothing to see.”

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85. “When it comes to women, men can be quite weak.”

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86. “The thing Tedros liked about girls is that they always started the conversation. Most of the time, his job was just to listen, ask questions, and try to understand what in God’s name was going on in their complicated little heads. He rarely had any idea what girls were talking about or why they made everything so torturous in their logic, so playing the role of the strong, silent type usually gave him time to catch up.”

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87. “Please tell me you can turn a person to chocolate,” Anadil asked Dot. “I have enough trouble with lentil cakes, thank you,” Dot nipped.”

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88. “His legs crumpled and he fell all at once like a tree in a forest, his princess right there to catch him.”

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89. “If only we could go back to our graveyard before we ever thought about boys.”

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90. “I’ve been beautiful all along.”

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91. “Turns out all it takes to bring enemies to peace is a bigger enemy.”

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92. “And yet, everything in his eyes said he’d been tortured beyond what a boy could handle.”

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93. “All the thoughts in the world cannot extinguish a feeling.”

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94. “But love can’t be controlled. Love requires surrender and faith.”

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95. “Goodness is no weapon against the possessed.”

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96. “We’re too busy anticipating our Ever Afters to find the happy endings along the way.”

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97. “He looked at her, a scared boy in a man-wolf’s body. “I love you Sophie,” he breathed. “I love everything about you. Even the terrible parts of you. They’re as beautiful as the good parts. I knew from the moment I met you that I couldn’t love anyone else. Not like I love you. I tried, Sophie. I tried to let you go. But love doesn’t give you that choice. Not real love. At least you’ll know now. That your story had a happy ending all along. That you had true love. Always.”

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98. “Every story needs a little impossible.”

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99. “So by all means keep telling lies, but not to me, because lies have a certain smell on the breath and yours is starting to stink.”

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100. “Professor Manley begins his first day of Uglification class by explaining why villains must be ugly to succeed. Ugliness releases you from the surface – from the prison of vanity and youur own looks – and sets you free to embrace the soul within.”

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