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
“Apart from such visits, for the first time in her life Eliza was truly alone. In the beginning, unfamiliar sounds, nocturnal sounds,… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“When we were little, Scarlett and I were utterly convinced that we'd originally been one person in our mother's belly. We believed… — Jackson Pearce Copy Share Image
“The term - 'Fairy-Tales' is so ironical in itself, when I sometimes sit to write love stories with a happy ending, it… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
“I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Knowledge is not a series of self-consistent theories that converges toward an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Love Isn't Perfect, It Isn't Fairy Tale Or Storybook, And It Doesn't Always Come Easy. Love Is overcoming Obstacles, Facing Challenges, Fighting… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“The road goes west out of the village, past open pine woods and gallberry flats. An eagle's nest is a ragged cluster… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would… — Meredith Grey Copy Share Image
“Do you remember the fairy tale about the mermaid? A witch gave her legs, she could walk, but she felt like there… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
“Lena's real mom, Emily, knew that this was not the truth, but she also knew that Vaclav was not lying. Vaclav knew… — Haley Tanner Copy Share Image
“When does real love begin? At first it was a fire, eclipses, short circuits, lightning and fireworks; the incense, hammocks, drugs, wines,… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“As long as we're young, we manage to find excuses for the stoniest indifference, the most blatant caddishness, we put them down… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“TO DODD, PAPEN’S REMARK ranked as one of the most idiotic he had heard since his arrival in Berlin. And he had… — Erik Larson 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 has generally been assumed that fairy tales were first created for children and are largely the domain of children. But nothing… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Evil isn't beautiful on its own. You know?' 'Well, good people are sometimes ugly-' Blanche said at last. 'I don't know about… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
“The leprechaun, according to legend, can be forced to yield up its treasure if you can keep watching it without letting your… — John Michael Greer 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
I feel like, when we're kids, you're sold into this fairy tale of what love is. That Prince Charming's gonna come along… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
“A silver hairbrush, old and surely precious, with a little leopard's head for London stamped near the bristles. A white dress, small… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more… — Donna Jo Napoli 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
“Our world is not safe. It is a toxic swamp populated by predators and parasites. The odds are stacked against us from… — J.K. Franko Copy Share Image
“You must think I’m stupid Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella waiting for her prince to rescue her.” “Celine...” “You are wrong. Yes, I… — Eve Montelibano Copy Share Image
“You know what I do? I lose my heart.” Cortell’s throat suddenly tightened, strangling his words. “I lose my heart.” He took… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
“But something happened at 21, something wonderful, something amazing. I feel in love for the first time in my life…real love. The… — Katherine Childress 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
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!'… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
“This is where you first failed us. You gave us minds and told us not to think. You gave us curiosity and… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
“All of the great mythologies and much of the mythic story-telling of the world are from the male point of view. When… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“In Russian fairy tales, the narrative flows a little differently. In those stories, you won’t find a tale for Cinderella, one for… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“What matters is the character of...stereotypes, and the gullibility with which we employ them. And these in the end depend upon...our philosophy… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“It’s destiny; the stars have aligned perfectly to bring us together as friends. You cannot argue with what’s meant to be, once… — Deborah Ann Copy Share Image
“I do not despise believers. I find them neither ridiculous nor pathetic, but I lose all hope when I see that they… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
![“The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body. [...] She sat, a tiny thing, in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshipppers, not at all afraid of us…” quote by Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/668/doris-lessing-501_bed_the-kitten-was-six-weeks-old-it-was-ench_3033294.jpg)
