The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

Fairy Godmother:
You're not meant to understand it. You're meant to accept it. Graciously.

Fairy Godmother:
I suppose I shall simply have to rise to the occasion and do something spectacular, yet again. And spectaculars always take so much out of me... It was the same with Snow White. All the same, you young girls: never do as you're told! Men are MUCH easier.

[Edward has just saved Cinderella from her miserable life]

Cinderella:
And in my happiness, I forgive you all!

[Edward and Cinderella exit]

Stepmother:
Forgive me? How *dare* she forgive me?

Dowager Queen:
He can write what he likes, so long as he clears this room. There are too many people in it by far. Most of them not worth the candle.

Fairy Godmother:
No one will recognize you for what you are. People seldom do.

[having been accused of cheating by the Queen]

The King:
Kings never cheat! They adapt to circumstances. But they never cheat!

The King:
Oh Lord, who let him in?

Dowager Queen:
[after the wedding has been interrupted by Cinderella's entrance] Is the ceremony over? What a relief!

Dowager Queen:
Is he still alive? I thought we buried him.

Prince Edward:
How amazing!

Prince Edward:
Our policemen, father, could not find a missing haystack, let alone a needle!

The King:
Half the size of your mother's!

Prince Edward:
[singing] I'd have a chance to pick and choose/I'd have a chance to win or lose/And maybe one of us would have a chance to live/Before we die!

Dowager Queen:
[suddenly waking] Die? Who's died?

Dowager Queen:
[suddenly waking] There's somebody in the room!