“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ 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. John Verdon
“ Am I the same cold, ragged damp Sara? And to think I used to pretend and pretend and wish there were fairies! The one thing I always wanted was to see a fairy story come true. I am in a fairy story.… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five. George MacDonald
“ 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! Philip Pullman
“ 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… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ The Dark Fairy touched her chest. No heart, like her sisters. So where did the love come from? Cornelia Funke
“ 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… Terri Windling
“ 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… Rainer Maria Rilke
“ 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… Alfred Hitchcock
“ …while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there. Gail Carson Levine
“ Sometimes I think Earth has got to be the insane asylum of the universe. . . and I'm here by computer error. At sixty-eight, I hope I've gained some wisdom in the past fourteen lustrums and it’s oblig… Forrest J. Ackerman
“ And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying. Meg Cabot
“ 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. Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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. Beth M Jones
“ ...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… James Thurber
“ There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away… William Makepeace Thackeray
