“Do you mind,” he asked politely, “if I slide my blade under your skin, just a little?” — Mercedes M. Yardley Copy Share Image
When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way. — Michel Ocelot Copy Share Image
I'd been right from the start - soulmates were for fairy tales. In real life, people were just people, and they couldn't… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
“I'm here because all fairy tales take place in the woods, King Cole, even those that don't.” — Bill Willingham Copy Share Image
“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
If 'happily ever after' did exist, I would still be holding you like this, all those fairy tales are full of shit. — Maroon 5 Copy Share Image
“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to… — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
“Being in our secret place brings much peace and the more we go there, the more it will increase. Now we let… — Chris DiSano Davenport 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
“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
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
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
We all recall the cruel stepmother in fairy tales. That archetype is often a necessary element in a fairy tale so that… — David Richo Copy Share Image
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
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
“Mrs. Pott's beady black eyes narrowed,"Do you know how many glass slippers I have to stitch when I get home? There's a… — Sophie Avett 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
“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
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
“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
“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
In all the fairy tales, there was a happily ever after, but right now my happily ever after seems so once upon… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Before you enter the forest, you must leave your mind outside, because in the land of fairy tales there is no need… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Grimm's… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“He’s jealous because lions are better hunters.”--Monroe “Are you compensating for something, Monroe?” --Bastian” — Bethany Averie Copy Share Image
I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half. — Michael Bergin Copy Share Image
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!" "So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t supposed to be how our story went. In fairy tales, the prince saved the girl. In mine, the princess destroyed… — Rachel E. Carter Copy Share Image
The reason that fairy tales always end in weddings is that the dream of a little girl's heart is to be loved… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So there are different examples of fairy tales, and sometimes I believe in them and sometimes I don't. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“Why didn't my father get to give Mom the fairy tale? Why do most people fail to give each other the fairy… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“For it is a true fact that faeries, just like people, very often find that a full belly and a good friend… — C.S. Einfeld Copy Share Image
