“Being the reader of a dark fairy tale is much like being the hero of one. Our lives are filled with pain,… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“It was hard to fall in love with the Storyteller, you know? Because, whatever you do and whoever you are, you know… — Andrea Tomić Copy Share Image
“One minute you’re involved in your life as you know it, when suddenly you see the one. Your eyes meet (perhaps across… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“One of my favourite things to do when I write is to bring a sense of wonder to a normal everyday setting...… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“For Penina Mezei petrify motive in folk literature stems from ancient, mythical layers of culture that has undergone multiple transformations lost the… — Penina Mezei Copy Share Image
“As we drove I remembered how I had told myself I would make Simon happy. I didn't feel the same person. For… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Peter and the deer herd ranged over the forest together, and without words, Peter told the deer about his new life at… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
“To most people today, the name Snow White evokes visions of dwarfs whistling as they work, and a wide–eyed, fluttery princess singing,… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
We think that play and fairytales belong to childhood - how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When you enter the woods of a fairy tale and it is night, the trees tower on either side of the path.… — Elizabeth J. Andrew Copy Share Image
“At the heart of his paper was the notion that fairy tales relieved us of our need for order and allowed us… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation.… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Yet there was a momentary hint of blue sky, and even this bit of light was enough to release a flash of… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Creators of literary fairy tales from the 17th-century onward include writers whose works are still widely read today: Charles Perrault (17th-century France),… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“When the bald associate had mentioned a sleeping beauty, he was referring to a fairy tale that you have probably heard one… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“I'd get out of here," he said. "Go someplace where no one knew me. Start over. Go to Paris like you did… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
I wanted to avoid what some modern tellers have done, quite legitimately, to make fairy tales more like novels and short stories,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Copy Share Image
“I’ve never believed in fairy tales. One day, the fairies will tell this story. There will be a valiant prince, a part… — T.T. Escurel Copy Share Image
“Aging and the prospect of dying by no means enhance the attractiveness of fictitious comforts to come in paradise, or the veracity… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Let me guess. You think we’re going to live happily ever after, like some stupid fairy tale?” “Why not?” His stare dared… — Delilah S. Dawson Copy Share Image
“Les contes de fées c'est comme ça. Un matin on se réveille. On dit: "Ce n'était qu'un conte de fées..." On sourit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century — particularly in Germany, where the Brothers Grimm… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Summer on the farm was glorious. Peter spent as much time out of doors as possible, and he had many playmates, since… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
I think there are beautiful moments. These days everybody expects that fairy tale , that you're going to be together forever with… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“A trail made of pine needles and thistles leads you into the green darkness. The canopy casts shadows on old oaks and… — Kimberly Karalius Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are loved by the child not because the imagery he finds in them conforms to what goes on within him,… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Because fairy tales contain powerful truths about the human condition, many of them, with tenacity and uncanny persistence, turn up, theme and… — Gertrud Mueller Nelson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have always been about getting through the worst of everything, the darkest and the deepest and the bloodiest of events.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, in addition to the daily letter I also made sure to send her a… — Noah Galloway Copy Share Image
As a relentless gatherer of moments, I find that my favorite images, although grounded in the present, are like spirits shaped by… — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that love is one big fairy tale. I wonder if people who say they are in love, if –… — Elizabeth Chandler Copy Share Image
I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
