“Just a minute," said Lobsang. "Who are you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I believe that the most tragic war of our time is the one within—a war between what we knew as children and… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
When you are young so many things are difficult to believe, and yet the dullest people will tell you that they are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“New Rule: You don't have to teach both sides of a debate if one side is a load of crap. President Bush… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“It would be dreadfully ironic, I mused, if once I earned a soul, I forgot everything about being fey, including all my… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“There is a kind of truth in everything, even fairytales. In fact, especially in fairytales... The King understood it as he looked… — Elizabeth Hopkinson Copy Share Image
“Many real-world Northwestern endonyms have European origins, such as “Portland,” “Victoria,” “Bellingham,” and “Richland.” To address this phenomenon while also contributing a… — Sylvester Olson Copy Share Image
“You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them - no matter how old or impressive they… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities.… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“Do you believe in 'fairy tales'?" I asked, looking up into Lissa's eyes. "What . . . What kind of fairy tales?"… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“You're not worried about anything, are you?" said Danglers. "It seems to me everything's going perfectly for you." "That's exactly what worries… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“And those characters [in a fairy tale] dwell in a moral world, whose laws are as clear as the law of gravity.… — Anthony Esolen Copy Share Image
“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Even when they were very small Eliza had known that Sammy needed her more than she needed him, even before he caught… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“The fairy tale is accused of giving children a false impression of the world they live in. But I think no literature… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within… — Ivan Chtcheglov Copy Share Image
I was young, and by instinct of self-preservation I had to collect my energy on something, if I were not to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there was a naïve and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“The kingdom of nature has such a job, That can even make a goblin’s heart throb, It’s true, only a handful of… — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
We think that play and fairytales belong to childhood - how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
“At the heart of his paper was the notion that fairy tales relieved us of our need for order and allowed us… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“When you enter the woods of a fairy tale and it is night, the trees tower on either side of the path.… — Elizabeth J. Andrew Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Being the reader of a dark fairy tale is much like being the hero of one. Our lives are filled with pain,… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“One of my favourite things to do when I write is to bring a sense of wonder to a normal everyday setting...… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“He built a tower to try and be closer to her and walled himself inside.” She stared at him for a moment… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
“For Penina Mezei petrify motive in folk literature stems from ancient, mythical layers of culture that has undergone multiple transformations lost the… — Penina Mezei Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, isn't that how all fairy tales begin? Except this isn't your average fairy tale. There are no charming… — Amy Sumida Copy Share Image
When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, when I was a child reading fairy tales, I'd ached to have my own adventures. Not that I'd… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
I had to create a children's show, because we wanted the money - and it was, interestingly enough, the first project at… — Richard Cotovsky Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are full of girls who wait, who endure, who suffer. Good girls. Obedient girls. Girls who crush nettles until their… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I wanted to avoid what some modern tellers have done, quite legitimately, to make fairy tales more like novels and short stories,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I’ve never believed in fairy tales. One day, the fairies will tell this story. There will be a valiant prince, a part… — T.T. Escurel Copy Share Image
“Aging and the prospect of dying by no means enhance the attractiveness of fictitious comforts to come in paradise, or the veracity… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Now fairy stories are at risk too, like the forests. Padraic Column has suggested that artificial lighting dealt them a mortal wound:… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
“Creators of literary fairy tales from the 17th-century onward include writers whose works are still widely read today: Charles Perrault (17th-century France),… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“You might just be compelled to hear, that there is folklore about a boy so dear, a legend the fairies readily discern,… — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
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