I have never dreamed of being a princess. I have not longed for Prince Charming. I have and do long for something… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could,… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms [the child] to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The original Zal story by Ferdowsi gives a very moving account of an infant who had all odds against him - he… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them.… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
I said I didn't respect religion... and anyone who believes in fairy tales to answer questions that we can't answer... So I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Boys like romantic [fairy] tales; but babies like realistic tales - because they find them romantic...This proves that even nursery tales only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, don’t you? He was waiting in Eternity… — Anna Seghers Copy Share Image
I see all mythology as one tradition, a way of disseminating knowledge that must come to us in code so that we… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
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I'm not a big fan of kids' movies that have this knowing snarkiness to them or this post-modern take on storytelling. I… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
A beautifully written tale that lives somewhere between landscape and memory, where regret becomes a prison, and a story told often enough… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
Malice, in its false witness, promotes its tale with so cunning a confusion, so mingles truths with falsehoods, surmises with certainties, causes… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better time, consciousness… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd have children; I never thought I'd be in love, I never thought I'd meet the right person. Having… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different tales of… — Mary Howitt Copy Share Image
Is it because you are sunk in the cruelty of superstition, or feel no interest in the honor of your Creator, that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Zachary Jernigan can't write a bad story. He couldn't even if he tried. Each and every time I start one of his… — David Anthony Durham Copy Share Image
Country music turns the stuff we say every day into a soundtrack...taking an ordinary working man like me into that rough, happy… — Jay Heinrichs Copy Share Image
Delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravished; So… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms.… — Jean Ingelow Copy Share Image
As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their 'subjects' and those in my… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
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The magic is as wide as a smile and as narrow as a wink, loud as laughter and quiet as a tear,… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
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Say it: I am determined to live a happy life no matter my challenges! I will turn all my tales of fury… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down… — Joseph Furphy Copy Share Image
While some of the tales of woe emanating from the court are enough to bring tears to the eyes, it is true… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about the evil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was telling stories before I could write. I like to tell stories, and I like to talk to things. If you]ve… — J. California Cooper Copy Share Image
![“Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms [the child] to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit, that these shapeless enemies have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear.” quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f78/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_children_exactly-what-the-fairy-tale-does-is-this_2166819.jpg)
![“Boys like romantic [fairy] tales; but babies like realistic tales - because they find them romantic...This proves that even nursery tales only echo an almost prenatal leap of interest and amazement. These tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that…” quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/85d/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_amazement_boys-like-romantic-fairy-tales-but-babie_2563134.jpg)
![“I was telling stories before I could write. I like to tell stories, and I like to talk to things. If you]ve read fairy tales, you know that everything can talk,from trees to chairs to tables to brooms. So I grew up thinking that, and I turned it into stories.” quote by J. California Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1f5/j-california-cooper-38277_brooms_i-was-telling-stories-before-i-could-wri_2320291.png)
