“It was not the time to recall all those really horrifying nursery stories she'd read, Bluebeard, Babes in the Wood, Little Red… — Karen Ranney Copy Share Image
Great drama, drama that may reach the alchemical level, must have dimension and its relevance will take care of itself. Writing about… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I think often there is no good way out of something. No nice, easy ending or neat resolution, no clear way to… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
It sounds superficially fair. But it presupposes that that there is something in Christian theology to be ignorant about. The entire thrust… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Fairy-child, if only you should take my hand, I would show you things beyond your wildest dreams.” My expression makes him laugh.… — Kristen Hubbard Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“By the Hospital Lane goes the 'Faeries Path.' Every evening they travel from the hill to the sea, from the sea to… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
People who think they can just do a non-stop flight to mystical, non-dual thinking, to get it out without going through the… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“All stories are lessons. Fairy tales have a moral: Stay on the path. Don't trust wolves. Don't steal things, not even things… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it… — Maud Lindsay Copy Share Image
Success for me is to feel happy - 80 percent of the time. That's been my goal in life. I think that… — January Jones Copy Share Image
Many of the enchanted things in the book are lamps, carpets, sofas, gems, brass rings. It is a rather different landscape than… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
It wasn’t like in the storybooks. No witches lurked at crossroads disguised as crones, waiting to reward travelers who shared their bread.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“...a fundamental rule of journalism, which is to tell a story and stick to it. The narratives of journalism (significantly called "stories"),… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“I wrote fairy tales because the Fairy Tale seemed the ideal Form for the stuff I had to say. Then of course… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“You’re here!” She repeated, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips. He’d dropped his bags as she’d… — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
Sometimes, violent details have been eliminated from fairy tales simply because they were deemed too graphic. So one does not, at the… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“Happily ever after does not mean they don't experience exasperation with each other, or are somehow exempt from life's hardships and misery.… — Nadia Lee Copy Share Image
I think William Shakespeare's like a passport through your life: as a kid hearing about a play with fairies or witches or… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
In the vast archipelago of the east, where Borneo and Java and Sumatra lie, and the Molucca Islands, and the Philippines, the… — Frederick Marryat Copy Share Image
“This brings me to the question of the antiquity of the belief in fairies and to the associated problem of the existence… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“What I corrupted was what is called the truth in favour of a more marvelous world. I could always improve on the… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap... When we step into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But I find it necessary to repeat in this particular place that the division into classes, which is so salient a part… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
No one has that perfect life which begins with 'Once upon a time' and ends with 'Happily ever after'. Life begins with… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I love seeing the Oscar films and epic dramas. But I'd rather watch a romantic comedy than any other kind of movie.… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.' 'Well, we must be jolly… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, the definition of both the wonder tale and the fairy tale, which derives from it, depends on the manner in which… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Did I ever tell you the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern one?" she asked him, indulging herself and… — Erin McCarthy Copy Share Image
“According to folk belief that is reflected in the stories and poems, a being who is petrified man and he can revive.… — Penina Mezei Copy Share Image
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