I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that love is one big fairy tale. I wonder if people who say they are in love, if –… — Elizabeth Chandler Copy Share Image
As a relentless gatherer of moments, I find that my favorite images, although grounded in the present, are like spirits shaped by… — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
“Down the hall is Ms Englander's classroom. She teachers World Civilization. Her walls are covered with images from the Bible, Greek Mythology,… — Mariah Fredericks Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are loved by the child not because the imagery he finds in them conforms to what goes on within him,… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have always been about getting through the worst of everything, the darkest and the deepest and the bloodiest of events.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Because fairy tales contain powerful truths about the human condition, many of them, with tenacity and uncanny persistence, turn up, theme and… — Gertrud Mueller Nelson Copy Share Image
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, in addition to the daily letter I also made sure to send her a… — Noah Galloway Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century — particularly in Germany, where the Brothers Grimm… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Les contes de fées c'est comme ça. Un matin on se réveille. On dit: "Ce n'était qu'un conte de fées..." On sourit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
I think there are beautiful moments. These days everybody expects that fairy tale , that you're going to be together forever with… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“Summer on the farm was glorious. Peter spent as much time out of doors as possible, and he had many playmates, since… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
“A trail made of pine needles and thistles leads you into the green darkness. The canopy casts shadows on old oaks and… — Kimberly Karalius Copy Share Image
“But apart from that single expensive item, she stayed away from the high-dollar racks. Luxury was all well and good for a… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“He examined the shiny symmetrical snowflakes melting on his warm paws. As a child, he had always wanted to have a collection… — D. Vernet Copy Share Image
“by a moving reef? A gigantic horned narwhal? A mythical kraken? But I am letting myself be carried away by reveries which… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he… — Marie Curie 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
“Who are you? She asked silently, as she laid away the collector's quotations, his drawings, his scraps of famous poetry: "Come live… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
“Lass.' Saga turned away to hide her smile. How like a fairy tale, that word. Rapunzel. A tall tower by a deep… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Close your eyes and let your mind escape into a world of dreams, I won't wake you, Close your eyes and keep… — Alesana Copy Share Image
I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
“I kind of grew up, not in, but sort of believing in a fairy tale world. I went from place to place… — Pam Logan Copy Share Image
If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit.… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
“As she looked, the smoke puffing out of the chimney stopped curling upward and began to take on the shape of a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Mr Bankes expected her to answer. And she was about to say something criticizing Mrs Ramsay, how she was alarming, too, in… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The modern age has carried with it a theoretical glorification of labor and has resulted in a factual transformation of the whole… — Hannah Arendt 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
“Tomber amoureux. To fall in love. Does it occur suddenly or gradually? If gradually, when is the moment “already”? I would fall… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
“Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are the currency that we share… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[T]he final step in becoming an urban farmer is the naming of your farm, even if your name is simply for the… — Greg Peterson Copy Share Image
“When the girl didn’t move, Gavin summoned her near with his fingers. His heart thrummed as she obeyed, stepping up close to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If this were a fairy tale, this would be the part where the fishboy appears and Diana shoots him through the heart.… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“There are some refusals which, though they may be done what is called conscientiously, yet carry so much of their whole horror… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A week ago, I would have snorted at those words. Love was no more real than the “god” Amy worshipped. I’d heard… — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
“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
“ABOUT SENTIMENTALITY IN LITERATURE: "Sentimental fiction is a kind of pablum: Excessive amounts can spoil the appetite for reality, or at least… — Alice Simpson Copy Share Image
This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image