It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the ha…

Meg Cabot
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It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves. ✨ Meg Cabot (2013). The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld and Awaken, p.58, Pan Macmillan
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It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves. ✨ Meg Cabot (2013). The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld and Awaken, p.58, Pan Macmillan

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