“Stories always begin the same way: There was and there was not. There is possibility in those words, the chance for hope or despair.”
―
Melissa Bashardoust,
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“There are worse things in the world to be than delicate. If you're delicate, it means no one has tried to break you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“She had read enough stories to know that the princess and the monster were never the same. She had been alone long enough to know which one she was.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“You'll find something that's yours alone. And when you do, don't let anyone take it from you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“Very well, then. Be angry. Be violent. But not for his sake. Not to do as he commands. Be angry for yourself. Use that rage to fight him.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“To anyone who has ever felt poisonous or monstrous or bristling with thorns.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Weak or strong - she didn’t know what they meant anymore. Maybe they didn’t mean the same thing for everyone.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“She was herself and not herself--she didn't know what she was, except that she was free.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“There’s something restless growing within you. We’re all very curious to see what happens when it breaks free.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Beautiful yet deadly, he had called her. Somehow, he made one sound as sweet as the other.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“I was always afraid the poison would make me a monster, but what if trying to get rid of it makes me more of a monster than I was before?” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Every time you shudder from the cold or wrap yourself more tightly in your furs, it reminds me that somewhere, the sun shines more brightly than it does here. You carry it in your skin.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“The only power she has over me now, is what power I chose to give her.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“He knew that if he raised his daughter without love, and that if he told her often enough that she wasn't capable of it, she would soon start to prove him right, if only because it was all she'd ever known.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“You were the only person who ever made me feel like I was the one worth protecting.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“If they love you for anything, it will be for your beauty.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“I don't think you're small or insignificant," he said. His gaze softened, solemn rather than fierce. "I think you have so much power within you that it scares you, and that you make yourself small on purpose because you don't know what you'll become if a story than you ever stop.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Parvaneh seemed to be made of the night. She wore it like a gown, draped over skin that shimmered in the moonlight.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“If you told people what they most wanted to hear, they would almost certainly believe you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“There are worse things in the world to be than delicate. If you're delicate, it means no one has tried to break you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“She had read enough stories to know that the princess and the monster were never the same. She had been alone long enough to know which one she was.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“You'll find something that's yours alone. And when you do, don't let anyone take it from you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“Very well, then. Be angry. Be violent. But not for his sake. Not to do as he commands. Be angry for yourself. Use that rage to fight him.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“To anyone who has ever felt poisonous or monstrous or bristling with thorns.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Weak or strong - she didn’t know what they meant anymore. Maybe they didn’t mean the same thing for everyone.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“She was herself and not herself--she didn't know what she was, except that she was free.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“There’s something restless growing within you. We’re all very curious to see what happens when it breaks free.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Beautiful yet deadly, he had called her. Somehow, he made one sound as sweet as the other.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“I was always afraid the poison would make me a monster, but what if trying to get rid of it makes me more of a monster than I was before?” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Every time you shudder from the cold or wrap yourself more tightly in your furs, it reminds me that somewhere, the sun shines more brightly than it does here. You carry it in your skin.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“The only power she has over me now, is what power I chose to give her.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“He knew that if he raised his daughter without love, and that if he told her often enough that she wasn't capable of it, she would soon start to prove him right, if only because it was all she'd ever known.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“You were the only person who ever made me feel like I was the one worth protecting.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“If they love you for anything, it will be for your beauty.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass
“I don't think you're small or insignificant," he said. His gaze softened, solemn rather than fierce. "I think you have so much power within you that it scares you, and that you make yourself small on purpose because you don't know what you'll become if a story than you ever stop.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“Parvaneh seemed to be made of the night. She wore it like a gown, draped over skin that shimmered in the moonlight.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
“If you told people what they most wanted to hear, they would almost certainly believe you.” ― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn
