Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He believed in magic, like a child, and in ghosts, like a peasant. His nose was broken by a falling volume of… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The fact that fairy tales remain a literary underdog-undervalued and undermined-even as they shape so many popular stories, redoubles my certainty that… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on writers I was… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
Life isn't a fairy tale, you don't always have happy endings, but you can make the best of what you do have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all love a bit of 'true love conquers all,' and when I started on 'Poison,' 'Charm' and 'Beauty,' that was one… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“Many real-world Northwestern endonyms have European origins, such as “Portland,” “Victoria,” “Bellingham,” and “Richland.” To address this phenomenon while also contributing a… — Sylvester Olson Copy Share Image
“It would be a kindness, by the way, and a service to history, if you could please rid yourself of the legend… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“But clouds bellied out in the sultry heat, the sky cracked open with a crimson gash, spewed flame-and the ancient forest began… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“Do you believe in 'fairy tales'?" I asked, looking up into Lissa's eyes. "What . . . What kind of fairy tales?"… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities.… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Traveling together into what the poet Adrienne Rich has called ‘the cratered night of female memory,’ they undertook a shared process of… — Janet Kaplan Copy Share Image
“On Three Ways of Writing for Children”: When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
How I keep trying to force our story into a fairy tale, but from the beginning, it's been more like a nursery… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
No one can mock your meagre achievements or inability to accomplish the simplest of tasks, if they remain figments of your imagination.… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
“Remember the story of Beauty and the Beast?” remarked Asil gently. “Go ahead. Take that little bloom. See what happens.” “‘Beauty and… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In life there is no fairy tales, no happily ever afters, no prince charming. In life it's reality where you are gonna… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Now and then they would tell old legends and fairy tales about the castle, the way people always do about old castles.… — Mechthild Gläser Copy Share Image
Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The most fascinating thing for me is that 'Peter Pan' is a fairy tale, but now, this Filipino kid is a part… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
Farewell, farewell," said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
I'm about to give up, but my fate pull me back as I continuE believe that fairy tales do come true and… — Michelle Ann Copy Share Image
“They sat close to each other, and he told her a story about her eyes. They were beautiful dark lakes in which… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“It would be nice to report she lived happily ever after till the end of her days. But such cheap, cop-out one-liners… — Jennifer Silverwood Copy Share Image
“The sleeping beauty in the fairy tale was awakened by the kiss of her prince. Finley woke up to the over-whelming and… — Kady Cross Copy Share Image
“Just think Kate Middleton. Does she do housework? Does she work for a living? See how the world adores her? You (a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be capable of great love, (that of myths, legends, and fairy tales), one must have had more so, greatly suffered, (that… — Cody Edward Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“A part of me does not want to think that I always knew something was wrong.=. This is probably the same part… — Carrie Jones Copy Share Image
If you are going to believe in the fairy tale of 'Mr. Right,' then you need to keep everything in perspective. Know… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
“When a fairy tale ends a new one starts. Close your eyes and say ‘once upon a time’ with me; who knows… — T. Afsin Ilgar Copy Share Image
I do not know if I really am a big star. And in fact that is not the most important thing for… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
“Our imaginings (if they are ours) should be based in our own lives and experiences, all our memories. But all of our… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Following your dreams may seem as something out of a book of fairy tales for some, but the following of dreams is… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image