Names are still magic; even Sharon, Karen, Darren, and Warren are magic to somebody somewhere. In fairy stories, naming is knowledge. When… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Somebody's sent a funny little valentine to me. It's a bunch of baby-roses in a vase of filigree, And hovering above them… — James Whitcomb Riley Copy Share Image
It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Custom is, nevertheless, the greatest enchantress, and in a home one of the most benevolent of fairies. A wife was young, and… — Timothy Shay Arthur Copy Share Image
“It would be nice to report she lived happily ever after till the end of her days. But such cheap, cop-out one-liners… — Jennifer Silverwood Copy Share Image
It is a strange feeling for a girl when first she finds the power put into her hand of influencing the destiny… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you… — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
Beauty is a fairy; sometimes she hides herself in a flower-cup, or under a leaf, or creeps into the old ivy, and… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
“The earth sometimes rewards humans who do good works for the planet. Look out for unexpected windfalls of produce from the earth… — Sarah Rajkotwala Copy Share Image
Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
He's charmed by her as if she were some fairy!" continued Arabella. "See how he looks round at her, and lets his… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Berkshire's whole record has been achieved without paying one ounce of attention to the efficient market theory in its hard form. And… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“He had many strange sights to keep him cheerful or to make him sad. I asked him had he ever seen the… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Funny thing, every time an angel appeared to someone in the Bible, the first thing he'd say was, "Fear not."... I guess… — Gilbert Morris Copy Share Image
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The unicorns were the most recognizable magic the fairies possessed, and they sent them to those worlds where belief in the magic… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected." (… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Kylie didn't know which one of the fairies were doing it, or if it was both- she honestly didn't care- but the… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
I've always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn't say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I've always found… — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
ONCE UPON A TIME when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.Valentine Michael Smith was as real as taxes… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
If happy ever after did exist, I'd still be holding you like this. All these fairy tales are full of shit, one… — Baby Girl Copy Share Image
Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I so seldom had to dispose of a human body myself, I was at a loss. Fairies turned into dust, and vampires… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
In that moment, Lux felt complete for the first time. He hadn’t even realized anything was missing until he met her, but… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
He had read books, newspapers and magazines. He knew that if you ran away you sometimes met bad people who did bad… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Rather than say he's an atheist, a friend of mine says, 'I'm a tooth fairy agnostic,' meaning he can't disprove God but… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It [the Earth] was breathtakingly beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale. There is no way to describe the joy of… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the… — Charles Sturridge 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
Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop. But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And you must tell the child the legends I told you--as my mother told them to me and her mother to her.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul. With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of… — Jack Nelson Copy Share Image
Everyone says they want there life to be a fairy tail, just that it already is. We have those bad days to… — Gilbert Copy Share Image
I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country,… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
![“[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt…” quote by Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09c/alice-hoffman-427_age_fairy-tales-are-like-a-journey-to-the-wo_1682556.jpg)
![“It [the Earth] was breathtakingly beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale. There is no way to describe the joy of seeing the Earth. It is blue, and more beautiful than any other planet.” quote by Valentina Tereshkova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/82c/valentina-tereshkova-18330_beautiful_it-the-earth-was-breathtakingly-beautifu_2153602.jpg)
