“Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)” — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince... some start there. — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
I made a once upon a time with you, but I guess your not my happy ending — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was born, I was born very prematurely so I was very tiny and small. And so, my mom just nicknamed… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
When I'm with you my whole world is like a fairytale. But in reality - it's a crime. — Yvonne Urlanda Copy Share Image
Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A once upon a time that never happened will never end in a happily ever after... — Kelly Copy Share Image
“Orion to holly : im just a teenager with hormones running wild. And may i say young fairy lady, they're running wild… — eoin colfer Copy Share Image
“Which story do you want to hear my child?"he picked him up and made him sit on his lap. "Tell us the… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18...… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The fairies, as their custom, clapped their hands with delight over their cleverness, and they were so madly in love with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my… — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
Recollections of early childhood bear comparison to fairy tales, and ... youth remains an unknown country to whose bourn no traveler returns… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Cinderella is older than she lets on. She's ancient. She's had work done. The Disney film was based on Charles Perreault's French… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
You know the fairy-tale drill, especially from the Disney versions: the heroines endure awful stuff in rites of passage that lead to… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to… — Charles de Lint 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
He used to talk to me about Russia all the time and had sworn up and down that I'd love it here.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“[Veda:] Twenty years of thinking that vampires and witches and all things supernatural were nothing but a bedtime story: a myth, thought… — Jessica Lave Copy Share Image
“The tinkle of wind chimes announcing the return of our fairy guests made us both look up. Our chance to be alone… — E.D. Baker Copy Share Image
The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever,… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think, reading the Grimm's fairy tales, they all have some sort of moral component to them, teaching you a lesson. — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
“Classic fairy tales do not deny the existence of heartache and sorrow, but they do deny universal defeat.” — Greenhaven Press Copy Share Image
Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“the fairy king looked as though he was about to bring up a hair ball—“we” — Danielle Paige Copy Share Image
A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told. — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
Every time someone says I do not believe in fairies, somewhere theres a fairy that falls down dead. — Tinkerbell Copy Share Image
“We all need fairy tales to forget the tragedies and difficulties of life, even for a short time!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Indexing' is a police procedural about protecting the world from memetic incursions - which is to say, fairy tales. — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“You may not be a prince, but you're definitely a fairy tale come true.” — Kit Rocha Copy Share Image
I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the… — Alice Hoffman 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
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“This isn't the way the fairy-tale is supposed to end. Everyone knows that.” — Donna Cooner Copy Share Image