Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem… it is… — William Henry Hudson Copy Share Image
Naming a fairy is notoriously difficult, because they don't particularly like to be named. There are so many of them, and humans… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Many fairy tales and ballads present us with animals who are nobler, truer, and kinder than the greedy human beings who desire… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
The wall is silence, the grass is sleep, Tall trees of peace their vigil keep, And the Fairy of Dreams with moth-wings… — Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Copy Share Image
We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“If all relationships started badly, Prince Charming would disappear from every fairy tale ever written and romantic comedies would be filed under… — Marc Levy Copy Share Image
My happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl. when she was very old and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“The idea that Elizabeth and Darcy would live happily ever after is a complete fairy tale.” “A fantasy.” “Yep. A fantasy that’s… — Christina Boyd Copy Share Image
Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, all the terrible things that happen in fairy tales seem real. Or not real, but genuine. Life is… — Polly Shulman Copy Share Image
Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The French fairy tale writers were so popular and prolific that when their stories were eventually collected in the 18th century, they… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams… — Ron Franscell Copy Share Image
Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
[Angels] aid us in our personal mission. We have to learn to listen, for if we block the angels out, they become… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales were the door to the world of imagination for me as a child, that land I often lived in when… — Regan Walker Copy Share Image
I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at… — Zoe Tapper Copy Share Image
The iron tongue of Midnight hath told twelve lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. I fear we shall outstep the coming… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you believe in the existence of fairies at the bottom of the garden you are deemed fit for the bin. If… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
According to a recent survey, kids are receiving an average of 40 cents less from the tooth fairy. That's right, the economy… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Well, Henry, you can cease frowning at me. If I am a magician, I am a very indifferent one. Other adepts summon… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by fairy stories, fantasy, you know, demons, necromancers, gods and goddesses, everything that is out of our kin… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Because the great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text. It's not like the text… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
All the fairy tales of Aladdin, or the invisible Gyges, or the talisman that opens kings' palaces, or the enchanted halls underground… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
How could you do nothing to him, if you fought so hard?” she asked. “I’m lust and he’s wrath!” he yelled. “I’m… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
“The moral of "The Three Bears," for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house." The moral of "Snow White" is "Never… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She paused and the looked at Decebel 'except you. You might as well put on a tuu, a tiara, and carry a… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
“Reader, do you believe that there is such a thing as happily ever after? Or, like Despereaux, have you, too, begun to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image