#fair

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#inspirational #beauty

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#fair #i #make #me #my own

I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I did what any Christian would do--prayed for the outcome I wanted. But God was tough and only gave me what I needed. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve? And just like any warrior woman, I won’t simply survive-- but thrive! ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#events #experiences #fairness #growth #law-of-attraction

Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty

Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul. ↗

— Ruth Frances Long

#fantasy #kisses #beauty

Once we have accepted the story we cannot escape the story's fate. ↗

— P.L. Travers

#fairytales #sleeping-beauty #beauty

Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty decided to take a nap from which she would never wake up. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#beauty

And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship. That is not what happened. ↗

— Helen Oyeyemi

#reality-sucks #beauty

The fairy tale is not the conclusion, but the doorway to a more brilliant reality. Pushed onto a pedestal as the final answer their worth is misshapen and distorted. The world’s story may end with a couple living happily ever after but our life in Christ enables the intimacy of the human relationship to illuminate an eternal perfection. In a balanced perspective, neither denigrated nor exalted from their intended place, fairy tales are a lovely and exhilarating part of life. ↗

— Natalie Nyquist

#fairy-tales #beauty

But this is a story, and in a story there is always someone beautiful enough." - 'The Girl with Two Skins' from A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#beauty