Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The problem with fairy tales? They teach that as long as you're beautiful you can have whatever you want. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The history of religion is the history of appalling violence, slaughter and sexual abuses, rationalised by the fairy tales of religious delusions.” — Peter B. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf.” — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You're in a fairy tale right now, Tania, but what happens on the morning after happy ever after?” — Frewin Jones Copy Share Image
If fairy tales doesn't exist it doesn't matter, cause I will make my own fairy tales with modern way — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
“Death was always a double-edged sword. To him, the man standing before him might have been his enemy, but to someone else,… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
“In Muggle fairy tales, magic tends to lie at the root of the hero or heroine’s troubles – the wicked witch has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, love is such a normal thing, and everyone deals with it. Just because it's a different… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that's really fascinating and… — Meghan Ory 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“Alex laughs softly. “After poetry,” he says, leaning down to kiss me, “we move on to fairy tales.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“AS ALL FAIRY TALES DO, this story begins with the simplest of words: once upon a time….” — Elizabeth Rudnick Copy Share Image
“Children digest terror differently. The boy saw a horror, and that horror became the wicked witch of fairy tales, the cruel snow… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I think, a secret love is something none of your friends would understand. And it's like a fairy tale, but more serious. — Yunho Copy Share Image
We often see a temper of the times connection, and it's just like a fairy tale. It's not true. — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups. — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
“Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Fairy tales cross generational lines, and how you respond to them depends on when in your life you're seeing them. — James Lapine Copy Share Image
A fairy tale is the kind of story in which one king goes to another king to borrow a cup of sugar — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
The film drama is the opium of the people…down with bourgeois fairy-tale scenarios…long live life as it is! — Dziga Vertov Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale with a twisted ending, one in which the sun sets like napalm on the prince and princess as they… — Laura Kasischke Copy Share Image
“Truly, there is magic in fairy tales. For it takes but a simply-uttered 'Once upon a time...' to allure and spellbind an… — Richelle E. Goodrich 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
Happily Ever Afters are only for fairy tales there is no Happily Ever Afters in the real world its called being realistic. — Serenity C Copy Share Image
None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image