The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You… — David Farr Copy Share Image
“Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a… — Rachel Higginson Copy Share Image
I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
“I found out the hard way that fairy tales and true love don't exist” — Elizabeth Eulberg Copy Share Image
“It’s unknown to the common human being that most of the characters in fairy tales are real immortals living among us. Some… — Cameron Jace Copy Share Image
“Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains—whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Your daughter needs you to be a rational damn human being,” replied Sloane. “Pull your head out of your ass and stop… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“a queen in a fairy tale, left alone in her tower to mourn her lost, witch-stolen princess.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Just a minute," said Lobsang. "Who are you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It took some time to realize just how important it is to love your own story. Even if it's not some perfectly… — B.L. Berry Copy Share Image
Someone once told there's nothing wrong with fairy tales everyone ends up happily ever after in the end. — Peyton Sawyer Copy Share Image
“a gang of unpredictable ruffians by day who turned to enthralling storytellers after dark. "I would sometimes join them, and listen for… — Russell S. Bonds 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
“Many cultural stories worldwide present the domination system as the only human alternative. Fairy tales romanticize the rule of kings and queens… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
It was love, she thought, love that never clutch its object; but, like the love which mathematicians bear their symbols, or poets… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
Violence has been a part of storytelling forever and there's obviously a reason for it. Fairy tales are really violent, the original… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
“You don’t reason with a monster running at you with two sharp blades. This isn’t a fairy tale where the beasts turn… — Melody J. Bremen Copy Share Image
I love that very traditional fairy tale where it's not all 'happily ever after.' I like all that old school, bloody, 'Brothers… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“After a week's worth of failed fairy tales—stories that made my eyelids flutter open and not shut—my father tried telling me stories… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
Fairy tales thrive on black and white. In life, there's only grey - no bad guys, no good guys. You could be… — Arnold Arre Copy Share Image
I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
