“Why is that fairy-tales always treat marriage as an ending? And always such a perfectly happy one?” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions. — Paul Henderson Copy Share Image
I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them. — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, it has been my ambition to write as a good old nurse will speak when she tells fairy tales. — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I wished that, for once, faery tales – real faery tales, not Disney fairy tales – would have a happy ending. — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Both Fairy Tales and Nightmares can come true. You just have to be lucky or unlucky enough. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being an actor and a successful one at that, is the stuff fairy-tales are made of, as you reach unimaginable heights. But… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on writers I was… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“Disheartened, enraptured, and strangely lightheaded, Grady emerged from the trees and walked back through town to the island bridge, his ankles and… — Molly Ringle Copy Share Image
“He rarely saw a doorway without advancing through it as if he owned it. Since he owned a good many doorways, he… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?” Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
Following your dreams may seem as something out of a book of fairy tales for some, but the following of dreams is… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“Our imaginings (if they are ours) should be based in our own lives and experiences, all our memories. But all of our… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I haven't finished revisiting Sleeping Beauty. As a faerie tale, that one is rife with inherent difficulties. After all, the world doesn't… — Anna Sheehan Copy Share Image
When you think of Grimm's fairy tales, they are deeply, deeply psychological. They're so powerful, so bloody, and really, really disturbing. Think… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Okay. I wish for world peace,” Weetzie said. “I am sorry,” the genie said. “I cant grant that wish. Its out of… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
The traditional educational theory is to the effect that the way to bring up children is to keep them innocent (i.e., believing… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
A writer is dreamed and transfigured into being by spells, wishes, goldfish, silhouettes of trees, boxes of fairy tales dropped in the… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
What is a novel? I say: an invented story. At the same time a story which, though invented has the power to… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“There’s danger in separating yourself from everyone, not wanting anyone to see inside of you where you’re vulnerable. We know the world… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“It's because you're letting the fairy tales you grew up hearing in storybooks and the baseless ideas of love cloud your mind.… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
“...she will remember them all when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits.” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Who says happy endings are only in fairy tales? Pray, believe and wait patiently on God and He will make a fairy… — Simone Da Costa Copy Share Image
“Nothing is sadder than a child burdened by reality, after all. Those stories were our family fairy tales.” — Veronica Montes Copy Share Image
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whether or not you believe in fairy-tales. Every girl is a princess to somebody. — Rachel Copeland Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I didn't like fairy tales when I was younger. I found a lot of fairy tales scary. They really didn't sit well… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
As a self-respecting dude, I'd never believed in fairy tales, but in that moment, I did. I'd found my angel to live… — Katie Ashley Copy Share Image
In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“Some foolish people must have a tragedy, for they cannot believe in happy endings” — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
“[...] and the pea was put in the museum, where it can still be seen, if no one has stolen it.” — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales weren't made of common sense and logic—they were leaps of faith.” — Heather Long Copy Share Image
I had to grow up fast because we know it's not all fairy tales out there; it's full of rubbish. — Cher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Let love come to you, be patient. In fairy tales they dont find each other until the last page. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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