Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Only the fairy tale equates changelessness with happiness...Permanence means paralysis and death. Only, in movement, with all its pain, is life. — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
In college, I became interested in folk tales and fairy tales. Gradually I became more and more interested in the underlying meaning… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
“Sweet girl, maybe close the world off and look at him for an hour or two. This is your fairy. It ain’t… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
One of the basic motifs in fairy tales is that you find the poor and unfortunate along the side of the road,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Independently of the curious circumstance that such tales should be found existing in very different countries and languages, which augurs a greater… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
And when we are with Alex, I might as well not be there. They speak in a language of whispers and giggles… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“Why should a man be scorned, if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon… — Brian Froud 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
'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science,… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
Most Muggles lived in a world defined by the limits of what you could do with cars and telephones. Even though Muggle… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
Photography is a great adventure in thinking and looking, a wonderful magic toy that miraculously manages to combine our adult awareness with… — Luigi Ghirri Copy Share Image
I made fun of myself before everybody else could, so I always got the comic crowns: Freshman Fink, Sophomore Fairy, Junior Birdman.… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
The Czech movies, the quality movies, are trying to show the life in the country as it is, in an entertaining way,… — Milos Forman 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
The children know all about everything so well that it never occurs to them to play at the situations in any one… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
With 'Grimm,' it's a lot of fun for me to be able to play within the familiar world of fairy tales. As… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
