Quotes From "The School For Good And Evil" By Soman Chainani

She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive. Soman Chainani

Watching across the aisles, the Nevers' faces began to change. One by one, their scowls turned sorrowful, their eyes melted to hurt. Hort, Ravan, Anadil, even Hester...as if they too wished they could have such joy. As if they too wished they could feel as wanted. Gone was their will to fight, lost to broken hearts, and the villains shrank into silence, snakes drained of venom. Soman Chainani

Everytime you do a Good Deed with true intention, your soul grows purer. Soman Chainani

Gently Agatha touched her face in the mirror, glowing from inside. A face no one recognized because it was so happy. There could be no turning back now. The bread crumbs on the dark trail were gone. Instead, she had the truth to guide her. A truth greater than any Soman Chainani

Sophie: "For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub." Agatha: "I thought it was a better ending. Soman Chainani

- You gave me a dead frog for my birthday! - To remind you we all die and end up rotting underground eaten by maggots so we should enjoy our birthdays while we have them. I found it thoughtful. Soman Chainani

Hold on to me! ” Tedros yelled, hacking briars with his training sword. Dazed, Agatha clung to his chest as he withstood thorn lashes with moans of pain. Soon he had the upper hand and pulled Agatha from the Woods towards the spiked gates, which glowed in recognition and pulled apart, cleaving a narrow path for the two Evers. As the gates speared shut behind them, Agatha looked up at limping Tedros, crisscrossed with bloody scratches, blue shirt shredded away.“ Had a feeling Sophie was getting in through the Woods, ” he panted, hauling her up into slashed arms before she could protest. “So Professor Dovey gave me permission to take some fairies and stakeout the outer gates. Should have known you’d be here trying to catch her yourself.” Agatha gaped at him dumbly.“ Stupid idea for a princess to take on witches alone, ” Tedros said, dripping sweat on her pink dress.“ Where is she?” Agatha croaked. “Is she safe?”“ Not a good idea for princesses to worry about witches either, ” Tedros said, hands gripping her waist. Her stomach exploded with butterflies.“ Put me down, ” she sputtered– “More bad ideas from the princess.”“ Put me down! ” Tedros obeyed and Agatha pulled away.“ I’m not a princess! ” she snapped, fixing her collar.“ If you say so, ” the prince said, eyes drifting downward. Agatha followed them to her gashed legs, waterfalls of brilliant blood. She saw blood blurring– Tedros smiled. “One . two . . three .”She fainted in his arms.“ Definitely a princess, ” he said. . Soman Chainani

My behavior last night was poor."" Poor?" Agatha coughed. "You pushed me through a window! Soman Chainani

Agatha: "If you say anything smug or stuck-up or shallow, I'll have Reaper follow you home." Sophie: "But then I can't talk! Soman Chainani