“In the stories, the old fairy tales, a hero comes. But all my heroes are gone or dead. No one is coming… — Victoria Aveyard Copy Share Image
You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never saw fairy tales as an escape or a cop-out... On the contrary, speaking for myself, it is the way to… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry. — Max Luthi Copy Share Image
It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“I remember a time where Trolls were a fictitious monster from fairy tales, not arseholes on the internet looking for attention.” — Robert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
As for you and your heart and the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to… — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Potts beady black eyes narrowed,"Do you know how many glass slippers I have to stitch when I get home? There's a… — Sophie Avett Copy Share Image
“Being in our secret place brings much peace and the more we go there, the more it will increase. Now we let… — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, love is such a normal thing, and everyone deals with it. Just because it's a different… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
“In Muggle fairy tales, magic tends to lie at the root of the hero or heroine’s troubles – the wicked witch has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!'… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
“Yakov,” said Shmuel, “He invented light. He created the world. He made us both. The true miracle is belief. I believe in… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“But something happened at 21, something wonderful, something amazing. I feel in love for the first time in my life…real love. The… — Katherine Childress Copy Share Image
“As long as we're young, we manage to find excuses for the stoniest indifference, the most blatant caddishness, we put them down… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“When does real love begin? At first it was a fire, eclipses, short circuits, lightning and fireworks; the incense, hammocks, drugs, wines,… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would… — Meredith Grey Copy Share Image
“But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference. I should have liked to begin this story in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The leprechaun, according to legend, can be forced to yield up its treasure if you can keep watching it without letting your… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across. — Michel Ocelot Copy Share Image
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
The old fairy tales are very, very violent, and these days I think we could do with a little less of it. — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams. — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“To Aiden & Ashley So that you will grow up loving fairy tales like I did.” — Chanda Hahn Copy Share Image
“A world without fairy tales and myths would be as drab as life without music” — Georg Trakl Copy Share Image
“Well, can you tell her that?" He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will." Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“I’m always amazed by how readily people judge the right and wrong of things they know only from the outside. Honestly, it… — David Clawson Copy Share Image
“My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I’d like to extend a special thank you to my favorite sins: fairy tales and chick flicks.” — Stephanie Fowers Copy Share Image
“If he failed, it was with honor. In his name we all dwell in Camelot Long after the towers fall, and merlins… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“We are in this fairyland on sufferance; it is not for us to quarrel with the conditions under which we enjoy this… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We're all just big kids. That's all we are. We are artistes. We grew up wanting to be part of the fantasy… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are best read as entertainment,” Harry said. “Not as a guide to life.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image