Books Quote by Cornelia Funke

“Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century — particularly in Germany, where the Brothers Grimm published their…

— Terri Windling

Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are…

— Kate Forsyth

I was raised just on Grimm's fairy tales.

— Brett Cooper

I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning.

— Monica Bellucci

People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.

— Kate Bernheimer

“In another chapter I have told you how in the year 800 a German chieftain had become a Roman Emperor. Now in the year…

— Hendrik Van Loon

Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.

— Jack Zipes

Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.

— Kate Forsyth

“You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?”

— Rudyard Kipling

I think what's fun about the fairytales is just seeing what everybody interprets them as, which comes from the different directors and what they…

— Colleen Atwood

I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

— Alice Hoffman

The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the…

— Marina Warner