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Vila the White, Built a City up height, Not in the Heavens, not on the ground, But on the edge of a Cloud, Vila the White, Put defenses the bright: Gold defends the heights, Sun defends the gate, Moon defends the City when it's late, Vila the White, Stood with Sun at sight, Watching what comes from the bay, And saw Lightning and Thunder play, Vila the White, Wed her son on Moon at night, And gave her daughter to Gold, as bride, They have couple brothers, she's their brother's wife.

Walk barefoot on your dogma… Art is a journey into your existential fairytale.

Well, actually it was—my fairy godmother.” Here I could have moaned. “I did not realize they were still in business as well,” I said.

We’ll hop home, as we hares have done since time immemorial.

…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.

Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn't true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after's generally stink?

Why Do Fairies Let Bad Things Happen to Good People?

we all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss

We will get you a dress with magic, just as in the stories," he said seriously. "But they're only stories, Gillie, Magic isn’t real."  "We will make it real.

What is a warrior anyway?' Black breathed. 'Being brave doesn’t make you good. I suppose there are warriors for both dark and light.

What is the difference between a dream and its memory?

When a child keeps asking you to tell him/her a story, what they instinctively really want to know is their true purpose and mission in life. Sadly, this knowledge was never sought out by their parents, and explains why children's books are a very hot and lucrative industry. Instead of telling your child how to become a compassionate citizen of the world, or how to live a meaningful existence by being a positive asset to humanity, you are conditioned by society to simply read your kid a fairytale.

Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things.

Why any self-respecting fairy godmother would pass them over for an inane twit who relied on animals to do her housecleaning was beyond her.

Yes sir, the fish was left in place of the crystal ball. It's been bagged and tagged for analysis.” Great. Now we have another red herring on our hands.

You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most...you are beastly.

You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky. Since life, in spite of everything, is like a fairytale.

You don't have to be a prince to love the princess.

You might be a fairy tale leprechaun man but at the heart of it you're still a man who won't talk about anything.

Your American fairytales end that way.  Real fairytales end in blood or tears.

You shall have," Gillie said, "the king's bread and goat milk." "The magical goat milk?" "The same." "Will it make me beautiful?" "It cannot. You are already that.

You thought if you were good. If you gave up the things that made you different. The world you know. That it would be enough. But sacrifice is often so invisible. People do not look for it in others. They know their own. They list them out like titles at a ball. I've done for you. I've done for you. I've done. And it is always your turn now. To hurt, to long. To be a broken thing. A thing that differs. Before, you always thought you were a person.

You want to know how to stop this killer? Forgive yourself, and he’ll disappear from your life forever.” “Thanks. I’ll be sure to do that.” And I know: 1. This is almost the same conversation I’ve had with myself many times before. 2. Gordon’s only trying to help. But it doesn’t matter. I: 1. Say, “See you later.” 2. Step outside. 3. Close the door. I don’t want to, really. I want to go back inside and believe Gordon’s words, like a child believing in a fairy tale, and I want to escape this nightmare forever. But I can’t. I realize now that it’s easy to tell the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one. It’s just the terror of facing the truth that’s hard.

Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can’t afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.

Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic.

He wasn't perfect or anything. He wasn;t your fairytale prince charming or whatever. He tried to be like that sometimes,but i liked him best when that stuff fell away.

I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.

I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

You look like a Greek God, not to attract me per say, but to be attractive to all. It’s part of your power, your persuasive way. It’s also part of the evil, to make it harder for you to remain good. Evil doesn’t just come in the form of a monster, it comes in the form of a beautiful woman, a temptress if you will, in the form of sin. With your incredible good looks, women will be more drawn to you, which could tempt you to evil’s sin; a curse, as well as a gift.

Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.

Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to.

If I’d chosen never to the foot inside the great fairytale, I’d never have known what I’ve lost. Do you see what I’m getting at? Sometimes it’s worse for us human beings to lose something dear to us than never to have had it at all.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.

I love stories, I love myths, I love fairytales, I love Kafka.

I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.

In order to be an economist these days, you have to participate in this fairytale that somehow we can recover and still make the banks rich. And it is a fairytale.

I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

It's a fairytale so tragic there's no prince to break the spell. I don't believe in magic, but for you I will

The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter.

I would compete in unicorn back riding! Why? Because we are from the same fairytale.

Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens is an enthralling concoction of history and magic, an absorbing, richly detailed, and heart-wrenching reimagining of a timeless fairytale.

No real fairytale scared me, but Freddy Krueger did. 'Nightmare on Elm Street' scared the living hell out of me, but no fairytale. Maybe 'Hansel and Gretel' a little bit when they were walking through the forest and they met the witch. But I liked being scared, I really enjoy being scared.

Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy. More interesting are those works where the structures of fairytales are abandoned but the world of 'fairy' is imported as a delicate spice.

This is a modern fairytale. No happy endings. No wind in our sails. But I can't imagine a life without. Breathless moments.

The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales.

You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.