Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy.… — Graham Joyce 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
And I thought, when I have kids, that's the sort of well told, silly, and fun fairy tale that I would want… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Christmas Eve Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight; From the night-mare and the goblin, That is hight… — Thomas Cartwright Copy Share Image
“I will love you forever,” I murmured, and he stroked the hair off of my forehead. I will hold you to that.”… — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
“The world would be a brighter, happier place, if we could only remember our childhood wonder.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages. — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“Robert Kirk believed the fairies to be the doubles or, as he called them, the 'co-walkers' of men, which accompanied them through… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
She always did like tales of adventure-stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all King Arthur's… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“Your American fairytales end that way. Real fairytales end in blood or tears.” — Luna Lindsey Copy Share Image
the way with Ireland is that no sooner do you get away from her than the golden mists begin to close about… — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little gods and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I'm fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going. — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The reason that stepmothers are often the bad guy in fairy tales is because people died in childbirth, all the time, so… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side. — Juan Antonio Bayona Copy Share Image
Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
