“ But she never could keep it straight. All the letters, the acronyms, the codes, the colors, changing like musical chairs, every week, every month. Games demons play. It meant nothing to her, except in… Catherynne M. Valente
“ ...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries... John Geddes
“ ...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.''Does she say so? Well if you believe that you may drink cold water and think it bacon'. Andrew Lang
“ It's kind of strange...All these so-called myths and fables. Everyone seems to have the same ones. They cross cultures and continents. Everyone has their own versions of unicorns, witches, even the Fa… Maurissa Guibord
“ ...remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. Andrew Lang
“ Fairy tales in childhood are stepping stones throughout life, leading the way through trouble and trial. The value of fairy tales lies not in a brief literary escape from reality, but in the gift of h… L.R. Knost
“ If this were a fairy tale, this would be the part where the fishboy appears and Diana shoots him through the heart. Because he is a tragic hero, he's our fucking Gatsby, and he lived for his fish and… Hannah Moskowitz
“ I'm here because all fairy tales take place in the woods, King Cole, even those that don't. Bill Willingham
“ He was furious with himself for having lived these last days on a wish. On a lie. A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life. Alethea Kontis
“ When you’re late in a fairy tale, people wind up dead. And not true-love’s-kiss, glass-coffin-nap-time dead. Really dead, the kind of dead you don’t recover from. Seanan McGuire
“ Clichés are relatives of the fairy tale, and tropes aren’t bad; they go with the territory. Seanan McGuire
“ To be the object of desire is to be defined in the passive case.To exist in the passive case is to die in the passive case – that is, to be killed.This is the moral of the fairy tale about the perfect… Angela Carter
“ A gang of unpredictable ruffians by day who turned to enthralling storytellers after dark. "I would sometimes join them, and listen for a great part of the night to some of the finest fairy tales and… Russell S. Bonds
“ I know these are only dreams. I know these days are long past. I wake to a dream in which Hammer’s breath has stopped, and mine with it, and hearts have gone to a quiet sunny meadow with the sweetest… Amy Lane
“ Hammer", I finished lamely, as he waited patiently for my thoughts to find their voice, "we have got to find better words for the things we have in our hearts.""Words seem to be weak things," he murmu… Amy Lane