One June evening, when the orchards were pink-blossomed again, when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I can give her no greater power than she has already, said the woman; don't you see how strong that is? How… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“But across the sea was this kingdom, and it was here I met the King," he said. "And the Snow Queen," said… — Karen Foxlee Copy Share Image
The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
“Children digest terror differently. The boy saw a horror, and that horror became the wicked witch of fairy tales, the cruel snow… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted -… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“And they both sat there, grown up, yet children at heart; and it was summer, - warm, beautiful summer.” — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“Then little Gerda said the Lord's Prayer; the cold was so intense that she could see her own breath; it came out… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“He smiled his shy smile at her as he went into the yard. Anne took the memory of it with her when… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“My parents lie somewhere beneath the snow, buried with my mortal life.” — Vicki L. Weavil Copy Share Image
As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations,… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
It's all a matter of history. Brandy is no solace. Librium only lies me down like a dead snow queen. Yes! I… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
“Andersen himself believed that many of his finest stories were written after travels to Rome, Naples, Constantinople, and Athens in 1841. He… — Maria Tatar Copy Share Image
“How about a little teaser from CROWN OF ICE? Thyra Winther, the current Snow Queen speaks about her "home": At night the… — Vicki L. Weavil Copy Share Image
