Fantasy Quote by Alyson Serena Stone

“Once upon a time she had felt trapped inside her story with its familiar characters and predictable plot. Now she felt locked out of…

— Roderick Townley

“Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where I killed…

— R.J. Anderson

“Once upon a time, there was a story. But no one to tell it.”

— A.D.Y. Howle

“Once there was a girl who was drawn to wicked things. Things like forbidden, ancient stories. It didn’t matter that the old stories killed…

— Kristen Ciccarelli

“Character assassination. What a wonderful idea. Ordinary assassination only works once, but this one works every day.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Once upon a time there was a person whose life was so good there was no story to tell about it.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I was seventeen all over again, falling into intrigue with the boy who was an exquisite contradiction.”

— Blakney Francis

“THERE ONCE LIVED A GIRL WHO WAS KILLED, THEN BROUGHT back to life.”

— Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

“There’s another story I know. This one doesn’t have any swords or visions. This one is about a boy who found a girl during…

— Priya Ardis

“Once upon a time, a king came to earth to tell stories, and the stories contained the mystery of eternal life.”

— Jared C. Wilson

“He just wanted to live inside a moment of that life with her forever, to pluck it like a flower and press it in…

— Matt Haig

“I’m going to start by telling you a story, because anything that was ever worth knowing began with ‘once upon a time.’ ” “As”

— Sarah Perry