Fairy tales Quotes


The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale. Grace Kelly Fairy tales 207
Fairy tales and folk tales are for children and childlike people not because they are little and inconsequential but because they are as enormous as life itself. Anthony Esolen Fairy tales 95
Once upon a time for that is how all stories should begin there was a boy who lost his mother. John Connolly Fairy tales 95
O to be sure we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults but beneath the costume is the child we always are whose needs are simple whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. Leo Rosten Fairy tales 94
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 92
If you happen to read fairy tales you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the otherthe idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea which is the core of ethics is the core of the nurserytales. G.K. Chesterton Fairy tales 91
at the center of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power. Susan Wiggs Fairy tales 85
Mother didnt understand that children arent frightened by stories that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales. Kate Morton Fairy tales 79
If Im honest I have to tell you I still read fairytales and I like them best of all. Audrey Hepburn Fairy tales 78
Classic fairy tales do not deny the existence of heartache and sorrow but they do deny universal defeat. Greenhaven Press Fairy tales 77
Dear Prince I must leave you but I will never forget you and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea. Oscar Wilde Fairy tales 76
The combination of razorsharp wit completely real and his credentials completely fake had won them over in the end. Priya Ardis Fairy tales 75
I caught his hand. What do you want me to do Leaning down he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. Tomorrow I need you to die. Priya Ardis Fairy tales 64
Nowhere hidden has ever turned away a goodheart guest. Mikl Paul Fairy tales 55
Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers not as realistic but as symbolic poetry. Max Luthi Fairy tales 54
Think what you would have been now if instead of being fed with tales and old wives fables in childhood you had been crammed with geography and natural history Charles Lamb Fairy tales 53
Do not lose hope what you seek will be found. Neil Gaiman Fairy tales 52
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness their speaking to the human condition the longings we all have for the Faerie Other. Jane Yolen Fairy tales 50
For it is a true fact that faeries just like people very often find that a full belly and a good friend are all that they need to be happy. C.S. Einfeld Fairy tales 49
They Fairy Tales are talking about real emotions telling true stories through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better than I think we do now. But these stories are so potent they refuse to die. Jane Yolen Fairy tales 48
My feelings for Raphael are mine and mine alone. I loved him and that is all anyone needs to know. The rest is no business of any mans. John Connolly Fairy tales 47
The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in. W.H. Auden Fairy tales 47
Well can you tell her that He looked down at his feet. I will. I will. Guyspeak for I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up. Priya Ardis Fairy tales 46
There are many kinds of joy but they all lead to one the joy to be loved. Neverending Story Michael Ende Fairy tales 44
The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism expressing hope against all the odds with gritted teeth. Marina Warner Fairy tales 43
It doesnt matter if youre born in a duck yard so long as you are hatched from a swans egg Hans Christian Andersen Fairy tales 40
Gaea Leo shook his head. Isnt that Mother Nature Shes supposed to have like flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry. Leo thats Snow White Piper said. Rick Riordan Fairy tales 39
I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery and I have not found any books so sensible since. G.K. Chesterton Fairy tales 38
Ive discovered as Ive grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when youre a kid. It isnt just a straightforward fairytale. Rachel McAdams Fairy tales 38
There was once a young man who wished to gain his Hearts Desire. Neil Gaiman Fairy tales 38
Hes so powerful. Who knows maybe hes advanced past eating Priya Ardis Fairy tales 37
We may say that the characters in fairytales are good to think withand that the job of the fairytale is to show that Why questions cannot be answered except in one way by telling the stories. The story does not contain the answer it is the answer. Brian Wicker Fairy tales 37
You are the fairy told by your ancestors. Toba Beta Fairy tales 37
Fairy tales thrive on black and white. In life theres only grey no bad guys no good guys. You could be the Cheshire cat Snow White a troll pr a pastrymaking witch whose diet consists only of little kids but youll always be you. Arnold Arre Fairy tales 36
Seeing the transformation in Aaron made me wonder how it would feel to have someoneeven a notsonice guy like Aaron look at me the way he looked at Anjali. Polly Shulman Fairy tales 36
...if your love were a grain of sand mine would be a universe of beaches. William Goldman Fairy tales 35
The happily ever after thing. Its great when she marries the prince or whatever and they say that. But they just dont show the part where theres a revolution and they drag her to the guillotine. Mark D. Diehl Fairy tales 35
If there is one constant in the structure and theme of the wonder tale it is transformation. Jack Zipes Fairy tales 35
Man Grandma what big hair you have. The better to style with my dear. Neal Shusterman Fairy tales 34
Yesterdays fairy tale is todays fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Fairy tales 34
In a utilitarian age of all other times it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected. Frauds on the Fairies 1853 Charles Dickens Fairy tales 34
The last declaration hed made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like. Priya Ardis Fairy tales 33
There is the great lesson of Beauty and the Beast that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. G.K. Chesterton Fairy tales 32
Fairy tales were stupid. And dangerous. Melody Mayer Fairy tales 32
I believe that our lives just like fairy tales the stories that have been written by us humans through our own experiences of living will always have a Hero and a Heroine a Fairy Godmother and a Wicked Witch. Lucinda Riley Fairy tales 31
He rarely saw a doorway without advancing through it as if he owned it. Since he owned a good many doorways he would have pointed out that this was a reasonable assumption. Eloisa James Fairy tales 31
Since there are thousands of fairy tales one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males and vice versa. Bruno Bettelheim Fairy tales 27
Fairy tales represent hundreds of years of stories based on thousands of years of stories told by hundreds thousands perhaps even millions of tellers. Kate Bernheimer Fairy tales 26

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