One shouldn't be labelled a cynic just because one refuses to believe in fairy tales.
Never go down to the darkest room. Stay far away from the rotting coffin. If you want to live through the night, let the devil sleep.
Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the...
Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts...
Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.
The Dark Fairy touched her chest. No heart, like her sisters. So where did the love come from?
I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.
It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the picture end only with the paper. This method may be suitable for for photog...
…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.
Americans live not by facts, but by a lengthy list of myths.
There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard enough it seems as if it were real.
THE UNICORN: The saintly hermit, midway through his prayersstopped suddenly, and raised his eyes to witnessthe unbelievable: for there before him stoodthe legendary creature, startling white, thathad...
I've been very influenced by folklore, fairy tales, and folk ballads, so I love all the classic works based on these things -- like 's 19th century fairy stories, the fairy poetry of , and 's splendid...
...the Princess Saralinda thought she saw, as people often think they see, on clear and windless days, the distant shining shores of Ever After. Your guess is quite as good as mine (there are a lot of...
You make peace with one sister only to declare war on the other. It’s always like that with peace, isn’t it? Always to someone’s detriment, already sowing the seed for the next war.
We all want to feel like the most beautiful woman in the room, to be chosen and loved forever. The Cinderella story gives us hope of our impossible dreams becoming true.
If you ever expect to write fairytales, you've got to get your head in the clouds.
And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.
Princess, princess, youngest daughter,Open up and let me in!Or else your promise by the waterIsn’t worth a rusty pin.Keep your promise, royal daughter,Open up and let me in!
So was she on the side of dragons and indifferent to the fate of princesses?
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