Thoughts

          There were a few quotes from this book I just wanted to discuss because I felt like they stood out to me as I continued to read. They made me feel like I was part of the text and captivated my attention in more than one significant way.
         "She was a perfect balance of qualities and strengths". (pg 62) As we all know, fairytales pretty much highlight and emphasize key elements of romance in the world. Not only romance, but they kind of give us hopes for that happy ending we all long for. In this particular fairytale, a prince is searching for the absolute perfect woman and he comes across someone that could possibly fit the part. As he describes her, he points out her qualities in a way that seemed perfect, although she seemed to lack "flawlessness". Perfection to him was a woman that held no blemishes inside and out. However,  a woman could be totally perfect and still have flaws. To be flawless, was to have knowledge as well and that was completely different. Eventually, the prince had to learn that while he continued his voyage of looking for not a perfect woman, but a FLAWLESS one.

          "There are women in the world, there are men in the world and there are beasts. What do you do if you marry a beast? Kissing them won't always help".  Growing up, I always knew the story of Beauty and the Beast and I thought about how ironic this quote seemed. It's like how are you ever sure that your "Prince Charming" could be the one if it could really be someone you aren't even instantly attracted too. "Don't judge a book by it's cover" always comes into play when I think about this fairytale as well. It's like you're never really certain on what the perfect match for you is and there's only so much you can do about it.