Kate Forsyth

Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.

— Kate Forsyth

Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.

— Kate Forsyth

I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every…

— Kate Forsyth

“Can we make promises to each other, as if we were truly married? Can we swear to be true and faithful and…

— Kate Forsyth

She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything…

— Kate Forsyth

“Soeur Seraphina gently removed my lace fontanges. It was named for the King’s mistress Angelique de Fontanges, who had lost her hat…

— Kate Forsyth

I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs…

— Kate Forsyth

“Each word was shaped with certainty, and I felt, more strongly than ever before in my life, that I had at last…

— Kate Forsyth

Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll…

— Kate Forsyth

I had always been a great talker and teller of tales. 'You should put a lock on that tongue of yours. It's…

— Kate Forsyth

“The world is a cruel place, Petrosinella, and it wounds the weak.”

— Kate Forsyth

May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.

— Kate Forsyth

“I wanted to rest my eyes on green meadows. I wanted to sit on green grass under the shade of a green…

— Kate Forsyth

As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye…

— Kate Forsyth

“These things you know.” Scarlett shook her head in a mock amazement. “Where do you get all this stuff from ” “Books…

— Kate Forsyth

When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels,…

— Kate Forsyth

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

— Kate Forsyth

“Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child.”

— Kate Forsyth

“By fire, fever, storm and sword, your blood shall suffer this bane. No peace or joy for Wintersloe's lord, till the puzzle…

— Kate Forsyth

One reason why so little is known about the German resistance is because it was never a united movement in the way…

— Kate Forsyth

“The scent of linden blossoms hung heavy on the air. Dortchen made a sharp, jerking movement, as if to walk away. But…

— Kate Forsyth

“I wish I could paint like Raphael," Lucio said. "I'd paint you! You should smile more often - it's like dawn breaking…

— Kate Forsyth

Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take…

— Kate Forsyth

You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a…

— Kate Forsyth

“What's wrong with writing about love? Everybody longs for love.”

— Kate Forsyth