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
An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed 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
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I think of myself as Rebecca Wells from Lodi Plantation, in Central Louisiana, a girl who was lucky enough to be born… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
“Quite a number of writers comment on the decidedly human character of the fairies, but it must be obvious that practically all… — Lewis Spence 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
“I'm not sure whether that had to do with the humor, or with the unfashionable fairy-tale ending, which is very different from… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Tell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There's always a woman somewhere, child;… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
She liked his tears so much that she put out her beautiful finger and let them run over it. Her voice was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
“DD/MM/YYYY was not an ordinary day. Early in the morning, before the sunrise, a Baby Girl Fairy was dropped from the Fairy… — Malik Adnan Ahmad Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
“Trial Is Part of the Journey For a moment, think back about your favorite fairy tale. In that story the main character… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There seems to be a real taste for the fantastical these days. People like to get back into their imaginations. Maybe there's… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation.… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
“We are meant to be.” He pressed his lips to mine again; against myself, against my worry, I once again succumbed to… — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“How different this world to the one about which I used to read, and in which I used to live! This is… — Wirt Gerrare Copy Share Image
“In the old stories, despite the impossibility of the incidents, the interest is always real and human. The princes and princesses fall… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
You have been told that God is a loving, gracious, merciful, kind, compassionate, wonderful, and good sky fairy who runs a day… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
“To sum up: all nature-spirits are not the same as fairies; nor are all fairies nature-spirits. The same applies to the relationship… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
The religions are the buildings or the institutions, the groups, but inside of that is what moves, is what's alive, is the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
A real spirituality must be rooted in earthliness. Any spirituality that denies the earth, rejects the earth, becomes abstract, becomes airy-fairy. It… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“You see, King, we have a legend - I used to believe that it was all fairy-tale rubbish and empty smoke. It… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles… — Marchette Chute Copy Share Image
Once, at the dreaming dawn of history -- before the world was categorized and regulated by mortal minds, before solid boundaries formed… — Colin Thubron Copy Share Image
“Among those who still have enough wisdom not to think fairy-stories are pernicious, the common opinion seems to be that there is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The fairy tale that really scared me was Bluebeard. That's the one where he just kills one after another of these woman,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are rife with transformation — from beast to handsome prince, from dirty scullery maid to well-dressed princess. It is perhaps… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Real fairy tales are not for the faint hearted. In them, children get eaten by witches and chased by wolves; women fall… — Samantha van Leer Copy Share Image
In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in… — Yi-Fu Tuan Copy Share Image
In horror stories or in fairy tales, the fascination with the morbid is also, at least for me, a way to prepare… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
Victor Vigny: It is like the old fairy tale. The boy saves the princess; they fall in love. He invents a flying… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
