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title: "4 Fairytale Quotes By Hans Christian Andersen"
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> [“Every person’s life is a fairytale written by God’s fingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/every-person-s-life-is-a-fairytale-written-by-god-s-fingers/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

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> [We haven't yet got eyes that can gaze into all the splendour that God has created, but we shall get them one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/we-haven-t-yet-got-eyes-that-can-gaze-into-all-the-splendour-that-god/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/hans-christian-andersen-3234_eye_we-haven-t-yet-got-eyes-that-can-gaze-in_1725490.jpg)

> [“Every man’s life is a fairytale written by God’s hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/every-man-s-life-is-a-fairytale-written-by-god-s-hand/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/hans-christian-andersen-3234_every-man_every-man-s-life-is-a-fairytale-written_2275086.jpg)

> [We haven't yet got eyes that can gaze into all the splendor that God has created, but we shall get them one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/we-haven-t-yet-got-eyes-that-can-gaze-into-all-the-splendor-that-god/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

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## More by Hans Christian Andersen

> [“I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/i-never-dreamed-of-such-happiness-as-this-while-i-was-an-ugly-duckling/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [“It was the last night that she would breathe the same air as he, or look out over the deep sea and up into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/it-was-the-last-night-that-she-would-breathe-the-same-air-as-he-or/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [“Roses bloom and cease to be, but we shall the Christ-child see”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/roses-bloom-and-cease-to-be-but-we-shall-the-christ-child-see/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [“I can give her no greater power than she has already, said the woman; don't you see how strong that is? How men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/i-can-give-her-no-greater-power-than-she-has-already-said-the-woman/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/don-t-ask-me-how-i-am-i-understand-nothing-more/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/every-time-a-good-child-dies-an-angel-of-god-comes-down-to-earth-he/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [In the middle of a garden grew a rose tree; it was full of roses, and in the loveliest of them all lived an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/in-the-middle-of-a-garden-grew-a-rose-tree-it-was-full-of-roses-and/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/i-know-what-you-want-it-is-very-stupid-of-you-but-you-shall-have-your/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [“No one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/no-one-would-allow-that-he-could-not-see-these-much-admired-clothes/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [“as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/as-the-centre-of-a-thick-wood-in-this-snug-retreat-sat-a-duck-on-her/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humor was the real salt in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/the-naive-was-only-a-part-of-my-fairy-tales-humor-was-the-real-salt/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [Every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow. I am willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/every-step-you-take-will-feel-as-if-you-were-treading-upon-knife/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [Where words fail, music speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/where-words-fail-music-speaks/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/a-mermaid-has-not-an-immortal-soul-nor-can-she-obtain-one-unless-she/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

> [It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/it-was-clear-to-me-as-i-glanced-back-over-my-earlier-life-that-a/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

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