Blood Quote by Ellen Kushner

“In the winter, the snow had become glittery fairy dust that had given all the creatures of the meadow warm clothes and a fire…

— Carla Reighard

“Yet there was a momentary hint of blue sky, and even this bit of light was enough to release a flash of diamonds across…

— Thomas Mann

“Winter had long since come. It was freezing cold. Torn-up sounds and forms appeared with no evident connection from the frosty mist, stood, moved,…

— Boris Pasternak

A drop of poison on that gathering snow. That moment in the fairy tale when we know what just happened but the princess doesn’t.

— Deb Caletti

Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Fairies were drawn to in-between times like Midsummer's Eve, when the full weight of summer begins to tip the shorter days of Autumn; or…

— Malinda Lo

“The fairy waved her scarlet wand, and a shower of sparkling red fairy dust floated softly down to the ground. Where the dust landed,…

— Daisy Meadows

“All of the women she saw were young, maybe her own age and they were white as the snow on the ground. They wore…

— Amanda V. Shane

“What is the colour of Christmas? Red? The red of the toyshops on a dark winter’s afternoon, Of Father Christmas and the robin’s breast?…

— William Sansom

“As the first hard drops of rain fell, the Witch caught sight, not of the girl's face, but of the shoes. Her sister's shoes.…

— Gregory Maguire

“Towards four o'clock the dew fell, and she smelled a gust of sweetness from the roses and a paleness showed in the sky to…

— Rumer Godden

“Victoria sighed deeply as the clock tower bell chimed midnight. Light snowflakes, almost weightless, began drifting down from the sky. Tiny, white butterflies danced…

— Anonymous