Fairy tales are more than true, not because the evil people exist, but because they can never win. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Everything that ever happened is just stories now, Earl. But it was all very real to people while it was happening. Wasn't… — Terry Moore Copy Share Image
“Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
Like you see in the fairy tales, that's how it planned out in my head. Kids, little white picket fence, the American… — Marquise Goodwin Copy Share Image
“I was a strong believer in the Pretty Woman philosophy on fairy tales: When the handsome prince rescues the princess, she rescues… — R.L. Naquin Copy Share Image
Let love comes to you, be patient. In fairy tales they don't find each other until the last page. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them. — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
It was not a happy ending of the sort in fairy tales, but it was the only one we had. — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
I am 39. I am single. I am a black woman. I have too many advanced degrees. Many a news story tells… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Madame d'Aulnoy is the true mother of the modern fairy tale. She invented the modern Court of Fairyland, with its manners, its… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Me and my needs were driving my mother away. Me and my needs retreated to my closet, disappeared into fairy tales. I… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“One evening, after a particularly terrible row, the prince smashed his princess over the head with an old wooden clock and she… — Brooke Warra Copy Share Image
I wake each day and try to see what I might do that is of some value and joy. It's a strange… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
All my life Ive made up fairy tales of my prince charming. Countless Cinderella stories that helped make my fairy tale a… — Reezy Copy Share Image
In this life you have to be your own hero. By that I mean you have to win whatever it is that… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“I do not despise believers. I find them neither ridiculous nor pathetic, but I lose all hope when I see that they… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“Possibilities I prefer movies. I prefer cats. I prefer the oaks along the Warta. I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky. I prefer myself… — wislawa szymborska Copy Share Image
“Therese was propped up on one elbow. The milk was so hot, she could barely let her lip touch it at first.… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Girls.. stop waiting for that perfect boy. He's not out there. There's no such things as fairy tales. You're life isn't an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened. — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
“What are they supposed to do when they've been told their whole lives not to believe in fairy tales?” — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
Fairy-tales aren't just about finding handsome princes. They're about fulfilling your dreams and standing up for what you believe in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...[G]enuine fairy tales are not stories about miracles, but rather announcements of the miraculous advent of justice.” — Siegfried Kracauer Copy Share Image
“As she put it, she knew of nothing so ravishing as having a child whom she could whip whenever she was in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy. — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
“Am I really standing here, conversing with a bloody unicorn?" Tiffy was certain her mind had finally left the building.” — T.J. Loveless Copy Share Image
“Whether or not she believes in fairy tales, every girl is a princess to someone” — Zach Porter Copy Share Image
“Fairy Tales do not generally come true. If you mary a frog, he stays a frog.” — Ina Caro Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another. — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
“Your American fairytales end that way. Real fairytales end in blood or tears.” — Luna Lindsey Copy Share Image
I am very much interested in fairy tales. I guess that most of the films I like to do have this kind… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
Soils and national characters differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment. — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
“It looked like he was going to die, but as you know, children don’t die in fairy tales. While” — Michèle Audin Copy Share Image
“That's it? That's all that happens after you topple from grace? We lose our rubies and rations?" Marshall smirked. "Woe is me.” — Sophie Avett Copy Share Image
“I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack. 'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you are one of… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image