But if it was always a point of speculation, where one person insisted it was a certain way and another denied it, how would anyone ever hold on to the truth?
If we just planned for everything we could, we’d make it through everything we couldn’t.
You deserved to be loved. And I hope you get to marry for love and not a number.
Well, the one thing I’ve thought about is having dad give me away. You know when he takes your hand and he puts it in the hand of the person you marry? That’s the only part I’ve ever wanted.
It is fine to be upset, but that won’t get you anywhere. You gotta think about what you can learn from this. So far, looks like all you’ve learned is how to beat up on something that can’t beat you back.
Great. Now the queen thought I was a misfit, too.
Yeah, Mom, I’ll just keep telling the prince that he has absolutely no shot with me and offend him as often as I can. Great plan.
He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.
I let myself be sad. I let myself think of him.
I guessed princesses-in-training didn’t wear pants.
So here I was expecting at the very best a cordial welcome from the girls who were prepared to fight me to the death for someone I didn’t want. Instead I was embraced.
He wasn’t allowed to come with me there – my own rule for this little adventure. No more. Good-bye, Aspen.
Castes never meant that much to me.
Listen to me, kitten. Win or lose, you’ll always be a princess to me.
Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now.
The Swendish queen – whose name I couldn’t pronounce to save my life.
You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes.
No wonder I’d never had any friends. I was shockingly bad at it.
Your Majesty – Tugging my ear. Whenever.
History isn’t something you study. It’s something you should just know.