“We’re different, all right. But I enjoy him. He makes me laugh. And we have a lot in common.” “People go to… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“There was no slipper, nor spinning wheel, nor true love's first kiss. This was not a fairy tale with a happily ever… — Lisa Mantchev 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
The problem with fairy tales is that they set a girl up for disappointment. In real life, the Prince goes off with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“JANE: What to do when it is that time in your girl child's life: 1. Sit down calmly and explain sex to… — Jane Yolen 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
“I’m Detective Piper of the Fairyland Metro Police, and I've been called in to investigate the incident of the missing frog prince…” — A.F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“Sorry, dear. This isn´t fairy tale. There´s no happily ever after. Just... ever after.” — Wynne Channing Copy Share Image
“Friedan demystified the fairy tale and traced it back to its roots. She named the unnamed problem. She told women they weren’t… — Carina Chocano 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
Things I've Learned About Life... 1. Happy endings are for fairy tales. 2. Love is a word that gets thrown around and… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine a life without books. Without Father's stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, without pirate stories and fairy… — Jessica Spotswood Copy Share Image
“Yakov,” said Shmuel, “He invented light. He created the world. He made us both. The true miracle is belief. I believe in… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“In the mid–path of my life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood,' writes Dante, in The Divine Comedy, beginning… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“What millions believe is often just fairy tales for children! The fabrications of the past are ridiculously accepted as the holies of… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“As the boat drew nearer to shore, and tiny dots in the distance became seagulls, she opened the book across her lap… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I had this fairy tale that you can have the eight hours of sleep and be a healthy,… — Lilly Singh 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
“When my mom was alive, she read me stories every night. ”Use your imagination, Lorelei,” she’d say, “and your whole life can… — Nikki Loftin Copy Share Image
The theoretical fruits of deliberate oversimplification through idealization are not to be denied... Reality in all its messy particularity is too complicated… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“When relationships have outlived their shelf life, people often realize that at some level, they are sticking it our because they once… — Ramani Durvasula Copy Share Image
“For Penina Mezei petrify motive in folk literature stems from ancient, mythical layers of culture that has undergone multiple transformations lost the… — Penina Mezei Copy Share Image
“At the bottom of the box were two big fairy-tale collections our father had sent us sometime after our parents divorced in… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
