“Did I ever tell you the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern one?" she asked him, indulging herself and… — Erin McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Let him tell them the truth. Before the Gospel is a word, it is silence. It is the silence of their own… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“It doesn't feel swollen," he commented, bending his head torward her ankle again. "Does it hurt at all?" "Very little. Not nearly… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
“I wanted, for so long, for someone to understand me better than I understood myself, to take control of me, to save… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“The only difference is that Dee’s natural coloring looks like an American landscape—country-sky-blue eyes and hair the color of Tennessee wheat fields,… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
I know fairy tales aren't real! .. You will never really find your real prince charming But, I'm tired of liers and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A woman desires to be a man's last romance, her baby's first love and a person who can live with dignity all… — Purba Chakraborty Copy Share Image
“Today, many of us are trying to understand just what male and female energies are, since we are calling old rigid stereotypes… — Shepherd Hoodwin Copy Share Image
“An empty hat and raincoat floated at the center of the diagram in Unwin’s mind. Beside them was a dress filled with… — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“I said, I'm Little Red Riding Hood' Paula gave him a seductive curtsy. 'You know, like in the fairy tale, but much… — Johnny Stone Copy Share Image
“What's coming out of the stereo is like a genre unto itself, a charming, fucked-up fairy tale that immediately breaks my heart… — Shauna Cross Copy Share Image
“From time to time you'll see documentaries about low-ranked wolves who somehow rise to the top of the pack - an omega… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“ There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight --’” “Midnight, our mum always told… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There are a range of women not represented in the Western fairy tale tradition. Husband-beaters are particularly interesting, as well as male… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“Prince of the Enchanted Forest. Adopted son of the Fairy Folk. Wild Boy. Your reputation precedes you, child. All of Germany has… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
“First we must learn to think mythologically. Powerful things happen when we touch the thinking which myths, fairy tales, and our own… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our parents fill our heads with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Big weddings, and white horses...but then we get our heart broken for the… — Ana Chable Copy Share Image
“A kid thinking about fairy tales and believing in fairy tales Acts like a sick god, but like a god. Because even… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
“Note that life after death, which still seems to you the essential thing, was itself a late revelation. God trained the Hebrews… — Sheldon Vanauken Copy Share Image
“You don't want to think about it, but there's an ethical limit to what anyone should have to endure. You can't just… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
My grandmother, Amalia Pia Emilia Vignola, whom I called Nonna, brought out the fairy tale in everything. She used to tuck me… — Emilia Wickstead Copy Share Image
They say that everything is derived of star dust -- We are the universe simply exploring itself. It's a peculiar thing really,… — A D Kruk Copy Share Image
“I bring this up because in writing some thoughts about a father, or not having a father, I feel as though I'm… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“This is no kindergarten fairy tale, but an extremely powerful myth that continues to shape the lives of billions of humans and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Books were so simple about these things, fairy tales so straightforward! There were peasants, and then there were kings and queens. Sometimes… — Liz Braswell 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
“The idea that Elizabeth and Darcy would live happily ever after is a complete fairy tale.” “A fantasy.” “Yep. A fantasy that’s… — Christina Boyd Copy Share Image
“So," he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, all the terrible things that happen in fairy tales seem real. Or not real, but genuine. Life is… — Polly Shulman Copy Share Image
“I gulped; I had the overwhelming sensation that what we had done wasn’t enough. I’m not sure what I had expected, maybe… — Lani Woodland Copy Share Image
Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The French fairy tale writers were so popular and prolific that when their stories were eventually collected in the 18th century, they… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams… — Ron Franscell Copy Share Image
“In The Frog Prince, a beautiful princess drops her golden ball into a deep spring and must allow a frog into her… — Bryan Christy Copy Share Image
“Even in its ragged state, the garden is astonishingly beautiful. The untended, untouched look of it--- and the ivy-covered walls that protect… — Meg Donohue Copy Share Image
For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales,… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“My first and last philosophy ... I learnt in the nursery... The things I believed then, the things I believe most now,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“My turn now. The story of one of my insanities. For a long time I boasted that I was master of all… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
