“ And you must tell the child the legends I told you--as my mother told them to me and her mother to her. You must tell the fairy tales of the old country. You must tell of those not of the earth who li… Betty Smith
“ If you ever expect to write fairytales, you've got to get your head in the clouds. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles. Shannon L. Alder
“ Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (espec… J. Aleksandr Wootton
“ While the archetype of the tinker is generally the whipping person in classical bedtimes stories, this particular individual was a tinker by trade and just happened to be economically disadvantaged. James Finn Garner
“ Oh my dear from a distant fantasy land! I love to be in your dreams as a fairy of love with wings of flowers and golden glowing flowing hair. Debasish Mridha
“ Khattam-Shud,' he said slowly, 'is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, even of language itself. He is the Prince of Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends, because dreams end, stories e… Salman Rushdie
“ How often must I get lost in a strange land of fairytales so that I can find my true self? Debasish Mridha
“ Children played at those stories; they dreamed about them. They took them to heart and acted as if to live inside them. Gregory Maguire
“ What I corrupted was what is called the truth in favour of a more marvelous world. I could always improve on the facts.[...] in self-defense, I accuse the writers of fairy-tales. Not hunger, not cruel… Anais Nin
“ What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a lot of noise so that they'll will know where you are and keep their distance… Charles de Lint
“ Morning and eveningMaids heard the goblins cry:'Come buy our orchard fruits,Come buy, come buy Christina Rossetti
“ I'm sure there's some hexplanation. Within every beast there's always some beauty! It's not fair to assume that anyone is bad before we all know the facts. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding and there… Perdita Finn
“ She started life with a number, not a name. Class: S, No. 13295. She has them memorized by rote, though nobody ever calls her that. The Scientists feel foolish addressing her in long, bewildering stri… Nenia Campbell
“ Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a better damsel out of my bedtime routine. Rachel Higginson
“ The God of Imagination lived in fairytales. And the best fairytales made you fall in love. It was while flicking through "Sleeping Beauty" that I met my first love, Ivar. He was a six-year-old bello r… Diriye Osman
“ There weren't always happy endings and children would do well to know that vile things could happen to them, that witches and wolves were desperate to steal them should they be disobedient or foolish… Thomm Quackenbush
