#fair

...bunches of flowers and kisses, their bodies locked together by a stopwatch." Descriptive on an affair ↗

— Susan Richards Shreve

#infidelity #life

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 José Farmer

#genre #kurt-vonnegut #parable #ray-bradbury #science-fiction

life isn't fair " we love what we can't get , fight for what we can't win and want what we can't reach that's our nature we love the impossible if it was mysterious ↗

— Shamekh Al-Suwi

#impossible #life #life

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#bhie #fairy-tales #fiction #on-fiction #perfect-chemistry

It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#alpha-and-omega #fair-game #mortality #life

There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#fairy-tales #fantasy #fantasy

Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#fairy-tales #romance-novels #novel

Classic fairy tales do not deny the existence of heartache and sorrow, but they do deny universal defeat. ↗

— Greenhaven Press

#fantasy #fantasy

Do you remember what I told you that first time at Taki's? About faerie food?" "I remember you said you ran down Madison Avenue naked with antlers on your head", said Clary, blinking silver drops off her lashes. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-lost-souls #clary-fray #fairy #jace-lightwood #the-mortal-instruments

Fairies with gossamer wings, Bring forth beauty, grace and joyful things. Fairies of the earth are caretakers of our soil, water and trees, They watch over beautiful creatures such as bears, bunnies and bees. Fairies ask that you breathe in and appreciate the vantage point from which you stand, Then trod carefully and respectfully with each intentional step you make across this beautiful land. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#angels #bees #breathe #bunnies #creatures