#fairytale

But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need to be understood. They only need to be followed. If not, what they promise won’t come true. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#life #love #promises #life

The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle! ↗

— James Finn Garner

#emeror-s-new-clothes #emperor #fairytales #humour #politically-correct

Possibly, she thought, the pool of answers was limited. There are fewer answers in the world than questions, and if you ask me now why that is so, I must tell you that there is no answer to that question. ↗

— Antonia Michaelis

#fairytale #micha #storytelling

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

#fairytaleoppy #harry #lisa-kleypas #fairies

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

— André Breton

#stories #surrealism #surreal

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

— Alex Flinn

#fairytale #beauty

Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, 'Star Wars', and 'Star Trek'. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#because #combination #crazy #fairytale #fun

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#fairytales #got #laugh #long #make

A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#music #nation #tragedy

Fairytales are fake, life does'nt end in "Happily Ever After ↗

— TheEmoQueen

#life #life