Top 160 Soman Chainani Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Tedros and I had a conversation once,” said Hort. “I spent the whole time farting silently, hoping it might suffocate him.”

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152. “Every year a rascal tries something. But even the sorriest rascal knows there’s no shortcuts to love.”

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153. “It’s supposed to be love at first sight. That’s how fairy tales work!” “Time for Plan B.” “Then again, he didn’t say no,” Sophie said hopefully. “Perhaps it didn’t go so badly.” Dot rushed up. “Everyone’s saying you called Tedros a liar, threw poo in his face, and licked his feet!” Sophie turned to Agatha. “What’s Plan B?”

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154. “I can love you and still think I’m better.”

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155. “The work is done.”

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156. “A castle full of boys can end one of two ways. Either its inhabitants channel aggression into order, discipline, and productivity. Or they degenerate into hormonal apes.”

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157. “If love is a connection, as the Dean said, what’s the point if it isn’t real?”

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158. “This world is powered by its stories. Stories that are real to those who live them, but stories that also inspire and teach and belong to every last soul in these Woods.”

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159. “Hort’s talent is busting out of his clothes. Nicola’s is reminding us how smart she is. And my mother’s is an unhelpful mix of cluelessness and evading responsibility.”

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160. “But Dot was already hugging and kissing them both, her two witch friends squirming and gagging, but doing nothing to free themselves.”

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161. “No one looked like her, which she’d thought didn’t matter, since skin shouldn’t matter. Who cares if others judged her for it? Those who saw her only for her skin were themselves blind.”

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162. “Jealousy has no bounds. It cannot be quenched, even by death.”

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163. “Camelot might be our Ever After,” said Agatha. “But this is where our fairytale began.”

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164. “But leave beauty spurned too long and just wait; beauty turns to beast.”

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165. “Love is facing the world and its tests together, even if you fail them.”

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166. “And given that we serve no use to Rhian anymore, he’ll probably cut off our heads by dinnertime,” Beatrix scorned, turning to Hester. “So tell me, wise witch, how can things possibly be any worse?” “We could have Tedros in our cell too,” Hester replied. “That would be worse.” Anadil and Dot cracked up.”

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167. “But triumph and disaster often ring the same.”

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168. “Or maybe I saw love where I wished it would be, says the witch. Projecting onto a man what I wished I could give to myself. Making him the answer to everything. Now that is REAL evil.”

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169. “Slowly Tedros lifted his eyes. That’s when he started to cry.”

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170. “But when the children presented the Storybook Theory, the adults responded as adults most often do. They patted the children’s heads and returned to sinkholes and cannibals.”

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171. “Love is the key to balance.”

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172. “The two of you. So trusting. So open to those who could hurt you. How can you live with a heart that big?”

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173. “A man cannot force his destiny. A man can only hold it back.”

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174. “High school is an ecosystem of its own. Even when things don’t make sense.”

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175. “Difference between you and a real captain is the worse the odds of a game are, the more I can’t wait to play.”

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176. “The End of Ends... the stories told... What wondrous souls you are.”

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177. “So we all paid a price for our mistakes in the end.”

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178. “Evelyn’s always one step ahead.”

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179. “Look for where the tales go at night.”

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