The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a farcical fictional meditation on female beauty structured as a mash-up of an old episode of… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
“There was no point dreaming; the leaflet was nothing more than a glass slipper handed to the ugly sister. I would never… — Louisa Reid Copy Share Image
“It can never be, sir; it does not sound likely. Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
We are faced with the task of convincing a myth infatuated world that love and curiosity are sufficient and you don't have… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
“Vampires were fairy tales and magic. They were the wolf in the forest that ran ahead to grandmother’s house, the video game… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“...little girls are raised on fairy tales. No one ever tells you that sad things stay sad, some people die angry and… — Lisa Unger 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
“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
“But I'm collecting the story of his life. The real story.' Chronicler made a helpless gesture. 'Without the dark parts it's just… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“And so the catastrophe of 1929–33 did to the certainties of laissez-faire economics what science did to nineteenth-century religion and what the… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Sometimes, violent details have been eliminated from fairy tales simply because they were deemed too graphic. So one does not, at the… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“The children will need new stories and fairy tales to see them through their nightmares and daydreams, to transfigure their sorrows and… — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
“Trousers don’t suit cats, messire,’ replied the cat with great dignity. ‘Why don’t you tell me to wear boots? Cats always wear… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We thought she'd save him. We all hoped so much that she'd save him because it would have been like a fairy… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen. And then there are… — Richelle E. Goodrich 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
Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Diabolical forces are formidable. These forces are eternal, and they exist today. The fairy tale is true. The devil exists. God exists.… — Ed Warren Copy Share Image
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Everyone knew you shouldn't go biting into fruit offered to you by magical creatures in the woods, even if you'd thought until… — Molly Ringle Copy Share Image
“I remembered breathing through the pain in my chest, wishing I could say that love would conquer all, that our love was… — Staci Hart Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
“I’ve got the word of an eight-year-old girl, an old fairytale I used to know, and a shred of faith... It’s not… — Emory R. Frie Copy Share Image
They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“think of the prequels like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them… — Cameron Jace Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think we can learn everything we need to know about the world when we read fairy tales. Be careful, be… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Trial Is Part of the Journey For a moment, think back about your favorite fairy tale. In that story the main character… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs,… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
There seems to be a real taste for the fantastical these days. People like to get back into their imaginations. Maybe there's… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
“Although reality can sometimes corrupt the fairy tale and alter our ambitions, some things remain unalterable. From the richest to the poorest,… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
“A common question asked of Mr. Fenn was, “How old is the boy?” to which Mr. Fenn’s reply, year after year, was,… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
“Ever since Eliza had discovered the book of fairy tales . . . had disappeared inside its faded pages, she'd understood the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
