“Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
“Sweetheart, happily ever after does exist, it’s just not what you think,” he said. “Happily ever after isn’t a solution to life’s… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Though fairy tales end after ten pages, our lives do not. We are multi-volume sets. In our lives, even though one episode… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“Always look at the message, not the messenger!” The Little People, The Little People Journey into the Mystic Sea” — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
Like a grindhouse version of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Wallwork's fiction is smart, innovative, and a hell of a lot of fun. — Carlton Mellick III Copy Share Image
“Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons are real, but because they tell us that they… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“People seem always actually to know, with a degree of pain that has required the comfort of fairy tales, that when you… — Anne Hollander Copy Share Image
“You can`t change destinies already written, that only happens in fairy tales.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales — Don Henley 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
“I really feel that we're not giving children enough credit for distinguishing what's right and what's wrong. I, for one, devoured fairy… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
“Seeing the transformation in Aaron made me wonder how it would feel to have someone-even a not-so-nice guy like Aaron- look at… — Polly Shulman Copy Share Image
I know she's shy. I know she doesn't have very many friends. I just want her to be strong, you know? To… — Enchanted 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
“Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told me in my childhood than any truth that is taught in life.” — Johann Schiller Copy Share Image