#fairy

My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected." (Frauds on the Fairies, 1853) ↗

— Charles Dickens

#utilitarianism #age

Look, I can appreciate this. I was young too, I felt just like you. Hated authority, hated all my bosses, thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself, "What do you really want? ↗

— George Huang

#establishment #fairy-tale #romance #storybook #want

I'm here!" I said..."I'm read to go home!" As if they couldn't see me. As if I couldn't remember what it had been like, fluttering next to someone's ear and whispering into it. How the whole earth was like a musical instrument that we could play effortlessly. ...I could not fly. My sister was not there. My heart was broken. ↗

— Carolyn Turgeon

#fairy #godmother #heart #heartbreak #wings

Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good. ↗

— Alex Flinn

#fairy-tale #beauty

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

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