Fairy Quotes - Page 33

• From his soft fur, golden and brown, Goes out so sweet a scent, one night I might have been embalmed in it By giving him one little pet. He is my household's guardian soul; He judges, he presides, inspires All matters in his royal realm; Might he be fairy? or a god? When my eyes, to this cat I love Drawn as by a magnet's force, Turn tamely back upon that appeal, And when I look within myself, I notice with astonishment The fire of his opal eyes, Clear beacons glowing, living jewels, Taking my measure, steadily.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Sweet, Eye, Cat

  Charles Baudelaire, James N McGowan (2008). “The Flowers of Evil”, p.105, Oxford Paperbacks

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• Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no happily ever after. You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Happiness, Believe, Book

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Burned”, p.420, Simon and Schuster

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• ...which fairy-tale princess ever chose her maid over her prince?

  Kate Morton

  Princess, Maids, Fairy Tale

  Kate Morton (2010). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.495, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever, flatter with vows of only me. But are they empty promises? I stare into his eyes, as into a crystal ball, but I cannot find forever, only movies of yesterday, a sketchbook of today, dreams of a shared tomorrow. His eyes whisper secrets. But are they truths or fairy tales? I wonder if even he knows.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Dream, Lying, Eye

  Ellen Hopkins (2009). “Tricks”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• When you are young so many things are difficult to believe, and yet the dullest people will tell you that they are true--such things, for instance, as that the earth goes round the sun, and that it is not flat but round. But the things that seem really likely, like fairy-tales and magic, are, so say the grown-ups, not true at all. Yet they are so easy to believe, especially when you see them happening.

  E. Nesbit

  Believe, People, Magic

  E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.1496, Delphi Classics

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• Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never told me! It's really too bad for you. Because we have fairy-tales in which there are round worlds and I have always loved them … Have you ever been to the parts where people walk about upside-down?" Edmund shook his head. "And it isn't like that," he added. "There's nothing particularly exciting about a round world when you're there.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, People, Three

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• The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.

  Philip Jose Farmer

  Writing, Past, Fiction Stories

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• In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the villain would treat you far better than the prince would have.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Night, Lasts, Fairy Tale

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Tempt Me at Twilight”, p.142, Macmillan

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• When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Growing Up, Hair

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• This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You never choose the gold shiny one. Or even the quite impressive silver one. What you're supposed to do is choose the dull little lead one, and then there's a flash of light and it turns into a mountain of jewels

  Sophie Kinsella

  Jewels, Light, Gold

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• She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything could happen.

  Kate Forsyth

  Fairy Tale, Wonder, Peril

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• It's just that, right now, I want to hear you promise me that if we do run out of time and I go mad, like Miranda, it ends with me. The curse ends here, because our baby will be safe. You will make that happen. Isn't that so?" It took him a minute. "Yes," he said finnally. "It's so. Although, if we're just going to talk about the baby, I can think of an easier way to save her." Oh? What?" I'd just lock her up from her sixteenth birthday on." Lucy didn't laugh. "Don't think I haven't thought of that too, love. but here's the thing. That parents try that in all the fairy tales. It never works.

  Nancy Werlin

  Running, Baby, Thinking

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• And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go on.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sorry, Goes On, Fairy Tale

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• There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.

  Andre Breton

  Fairy Stories, Adults, Green

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• Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was at least a hundred and forty. Hundred and fifty, maybe. Anyway, he wasn't a fairy. He was a librarian. All right?

  Neil Gaiman

  Believe, Thinking, Fifteen

  "Fables & Reflections (The Sandman, Book 6)". Book sub-series by Neil Gaiman, August – October 1991, June – August 1992, June 1993.

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• The Fairy's dress rustled as she turned. Human women dressed like flowers, layers of petals around a mortal, rotting core.

  Cornelia Funke

  Flower, Dresses, Rotting

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• For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And they’re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale I’d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.

  Jennifer Rardin

  Real, Knights, Dragons

  Jennifer Rardin (2011). “Another One Bites The Dust: Book two in the Jaz Parks sequence”, p.33, Hachette UK

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• Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Hope, Children, Dragons

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• He used to talk to me about Russia all the time and had sworn up and down that I'd love it here. "To you, it'd be like a fairy tale," he'd told me. "Sorry, comrade. Borg and out-of-date music aren't part of any happy ending I've ever imagined." "Borscht, not borg. And I've seen your appetite. If you were hungry enough, you'd eat it." "So starvation's necessary for this fairy tale to work out?

  Richelle Mead

  Sorry, Russia, Work Out

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• Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.

  Richelle Mead

  Believe, Waste, Fairy Tale

  Richelle Mead (2009). “Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.264, Penguin

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• But a hare, now, that is a different thing altogether. A hare is not a pet but a person. Hares are clever and brave and loving, and they have fairy blood in them. It’s a grand thing to have a hare for a friend.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Clever, Blood, Brave

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• Oh yeah. That's why. Like a fairy tale. I was marrying the Prince. I just happened to be in love with the pauper.

  Amanda Hocking

  Fairy Tale, Yeah, Tales

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• Once upon a time, fairy tales were AWESOME!

  Adam Gidwitz

  Once Upon A Time, Fairy Tale, Tales

  Adam Gidwitz (2010). “A Tale Dark and Grimm”, p.8, Penguin

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• Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.

  Kate Morton

  Mother, Children, Stories

  Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• Love in the real world doesn’t usually work out the way stories make us think it should. We don’t always get fairy-tale endings. People split up and move on. Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you can’t love someone else.” - Georgina to Brandy

  Richelle Mead

  Real, Moving, Mean

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Succubus Shadows”, p.78, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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