Child of the pure unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet, and I and thou Are half a… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Victoria Roberts spins an exciting Highland tale of intrigue, betrayal, and love with a braw Highland hero and strong English heroine any… — Hannah Howell Copy Share Image
I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Patti Callahan Henry seamlessly combines mystery, family love, and personal journey all in one engrossing tale. From the intriguing beginning to the… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Father may have been wanting in some things, but here he was masterful. Night upon night, I marveled at his power to… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Empire of Deception is a sure thing--a book guaranteed to entertain and make you rich (in knowledge, that is). Dean Jobb has… — Jonathan Eig Copy Share Image
Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy.… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
“And fairy tales are make-believe. They are the stories we tell to small children to make them believe the world is a… — J.L. Vallance 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
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a… — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Romance is the truth of imagination and boyhood. Homer's horses clear the world at a bound. The child's eye needs no horizon… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
Everybody sees me as a solitary entity but I long to be important to somebody It's a love of fairy tales that… — Happy Rhodes Copy Share Image
You once told me that I make you believe in the impossible. You make me believe in love, which I’d given up… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Then a person has only one tale?” No, some have two or three separate ones or more,” Fleet said. “Some people have… — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my… — Susannah Grant Copy Share Image
The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Richard Gavin is one of the bright new stars in contemporary weird fiction. His richly textured style, deft character portrayal, and powerful… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
I know there are epic tales of romance, where love means you're supposed to die. Where it's all about sacrifice. But I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
No, the light is too intense; we do not yet have eyes that can see all the glory God has created. But… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
The biggest difference for me is that the tales really have no logical outlet, no particular infrastructure in which to present them… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
If asked to list my ten favorite American fiction writers, Gail Godwin would be among them. In this, her latest . .… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
Actually, the true story of a person's life can never be written. It is beyond the power of literature. The full tale… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Writing tales of horror makes it hard to convince people that I'm a nice, gentle person. I love rainbows and wildflowers and… — Diane Hoh Copy Share Image
If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
ONE BLOOD is a richly detailed, intricately woven tale rendered in lush, evocative prose. This memorable debut heralds Qwantu Amaru as a… — Brandon Massey Copy Share Image
A politician's record is like a tin kettle to a dog's tale - it's a noisy appendage, wich makes the dog conspicuous… — David Ross Locke Copy Share Image
You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“The art of writing tales consists in an ability to draw the rest of life from the little one has understood of… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
