book three in the LC series by Marissa Meyer- feel free to edit quotes or change pronouns for rp purposes
âI promise, I will not let you die without being kissed.â
âDonât tell me it took you two whole days to realize that you are in love with me. I must be losing my touch.â
âYou can help me pick out a tiara when weâre done saving the world.â
âRight. Iâm sure that poor etiquette is the number one reason for most failed revolutions.â
 "I know you can hear me. I'm sorry my friend is such a wing nut. You can just ignore him."
"Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
"It starts with kidnapping the groom."
"The sky is gorgeous, intense blue color."
âHave you given any thought to your wedding vows?â
âDelete anything that has to do with love, respect, or joy, and Iâll sign on the dotted line.â
âI believe it is the mark of a great leader to question the decisions that came before him.â
âIt turns out you are worth a lot of money on the black market.â
"Do you ever think before you speak?"
âMaybe great, epic romances don't just happen. We have to make them ourselves.â
âWow, when you research, you really research, don't you?â
âSo Iâm going there, and Iâm going to start a revolution.â
âIf you honestly believe that then you really don't recognize true value when you see it.â
"Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you meant that she'sâŚlikeâŚyour brightest star.
âMaybe there isnât such a thing as fate. Maybe itâs just the opportunities weâre given, and what we do with them. Iâm beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances donât just happen. We have to make them ourselves.â
âYou know, when I was a kid, I was tricked into thinking that princesses wore tiaras and hosted tea parties. Now that I've met a real princess, I must say, I'm kind of disappointed.â
"Is she blushing? She sounds like she's blushing."
"That is the best idea ever. Count me in.â
"Can we get back to these soldiers that are being rounded up, please?"
âCould you describe all those threats again because I feel like I missed something.â
"Very wanted criminal of me too.â
"Are you having a mental breakdown right now?â
"Maybe there's a little bit of a hero in me after all. But⌠really. Only a little.â
âYeah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.â
âOh, for all the stars."
âNever underestimate the stealth of a criminal mastermind.â
"I prefer damsel in distress,"
âYouâre not looking.â
âWe are experiencing a level-one security breach and all elevators have been temporarily shut down. Please enjoy a hot cup of tea while we wait for clearance.â
âOh, yeah, sheâs great. I mean, half the people in the world want to kill her and the other half want to chain her to a throne on the moon, which is just what sheâs always wanted. So sheâs fantastic.â
âYou know, if it was a bad kiss, you can just say so.â
âEveryone is trying to impress everyone else. Trying to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident than they actually are.â
I hate to break this to you, but I am sweaty and itchy and haven't brush my teeth in two days. This just isn't a good time for romance.â
âI like to maintain an air of mystery.â
âThatâs not at all what I ⌠Wait. Did you think it was a bad kiss?â
âWe were going to die, you know.â
âBecause the palace walls have been bleeding for years, and no one else sees it.â
âDon't try to push your swoony psychodrama on me.â
âIt would be like those epic love affairs that exploded into existence and burned white hot for all eternity. The type of love that time and distance and death couldn't seperateâ
âAll right, damsel. Send over those coordinates.â
"I think I am in love with you."
âMaybe there isnât such a thing as fate. Maybe itâs just the opportunities weâre given, and what we do with them.â
âWe are obviously soul mates. Now please, stand up.â
âYouâve probably told lots of girls you loved them.â
âWell, yeah, but I would have reconsidered if Iâd known you were going to hold it against me.â
âIt was kind of nice to know that they were both wrong."
âFor my next trick, I will win a staring contest with the moron in orange sunglasses.â
âGood. Because I need you. And those are not words that I throw around every day.â
âAlthough. . . somehow, I always pictured the princess . . . I don't know. In a dress.â
âShe was a girl. A living girl, smart and sweet and awkward and unusual, and she was worth far more than they could ever realize.â
âI serve my princess. No one else.â
âI am not happy with this turn of events."
âWell, itâs annoying and weâre running out of time. Come on.â
"You'd rather take your chances with her?"
âThen stop going comatose on me!â
âHeâs just gone inside to be heroic. Iâm sure heâll be glad to know youâre here. I believe heâs under the impression that youâre out in space somewhere.â
âIt always came back to love. More than freedom, more than acceptanceâlove. True love, like they sang about in the second era. The kind that filled up a person's soul. The kind that lent itself to dramatic gestures and sacrifices. The kind that was irresistible and all-encompassing.â
âI just needed some time to figure out who I was ⌠am.â
"Because if I'd ruined that for you, I was going to feel like such a cad.â
âI canât let anyone else die,â
âWhat do you suggest? You clearly know all about this political revolution stuff, so please enlighten me, O wrinkled one.â
âThe only way through this is to fight.â
âShe deserved it, the snake. After keeping my little golden bird locked up in her cage for so long.â
âI just think Iâm not the best person to demonstrate all the goodness humanity has to offer. I donât want you to be too disappointed when you realize that.â
âThat youâre lonely, and Iâm irresistible?â
âHe did, in fact, look like a romance hero, all muscles and edges and chiseled bone structure. He also looked miserable.â
âOur country was built on a foundation of equality and togetherness, not prejudice and hatred.â
âWhen Rapunzel saw the prince, she fell over him and began to weep, and her tears dropped into his eyesâ
No more secrets. I don't know if I can survive any more big reveals from you, so if you have anything else to tell me, out with it. Right now."
this is sweet, but arenât I the first guy youâve ever met? Come on, up you go.â
âShe would have freedom, and friendships, and purpose. And she would be with him.â
âBecause if there was one thing she knew about heroes, it was that they could not resist a damsel in distress. And she was nothing if not in distress.â
âLove. It always came back to love. More than freedom, more than acceptanceâlove. True love, like they sang about in the second era. The kind that filled up a personâs soul. The kind that lent itself to dramatic gestures and sacrifices. The kind that was irresistible and all-encompassing.â
I'm almost afraid to ask, Your Majesty."
âAs it turned out, being human was every bit as much fun as she'd always thought it would be.â