“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
Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the… — Wim Wenders 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
Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap... When we step into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even is largely fake. The pretentiousness, the bogus… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Our traditions teach us the past is not forgot, yet the past repeats the future believe it or not. If we dwell… — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
…This world needs Utopias as it needs fairy stories. It does not matter so much where we are going, as long as… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
“I came to get you. I knew you'd freak out." "But..." My head still feels like a helium balloon. " Why ?"… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who believe sensitivity is a problem… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more… — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image
I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again.… — Taran Killam Copy Share Image
“The 5-year-old sees that Paradise correctly, not in technology but in the fairy story, in the great myths that control and guide… — George Sheehan Copy Share Image
Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Kami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I'm most passionate about, even more than cinema. And I'm… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl.… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me, And still it half… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I came from an Italian house. The refrigerator was always full. I never knew you had to buy food. I thought there… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Because the great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text. It's not like the text… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by fairy stories, fantasy, you know, demons, necromancers, gods and goddesses, everything that is out of our kin… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
All the fairy tales of Aladdin, or the invisible Gyges, or the talisman that opens kings' palaces, or the enchanted halls underground… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
How could you do nothing to him, if you fought so hard?” she asked. “I’m lust and he’s wrath!” he yelled. “I’m… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“The moral of "The Three Bears," for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house." The moral of "Snow White" is "Never… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She paused and the looked at Decebel 'except you. You might as well put on a tuu, a tiara, and carry a… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
Many fairy tales and ballads present us with animals who are nobler, truer, and kinder than the greedy human beings who desire… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
