#magical

Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod, one night sailed off in a wooden shoe; Sailed off on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew. "Where are you going and what do you wish?" the old moon asked the three. "We've come to fish for the herring fish that live in this beautiful sea. Nets of silver and gold have we," said Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod. ↗

— Eugene Field

#beauty

Time had changed the magical to mundane ↗

— Rohinton Mistry

#magical #mundane #time #change

The French fairy tale writers were so popular and prolific that when their stories were eventually collected in the 18th century, they filled forty–one volumes of a massive publication called the Cabinet des Fées. Charles Perrault is the French fairy tale writer whom history has singled out for attention, but the majority of tales in the Cabinet des Fées were penned by women writers who ran and attended the leading salons: Marie–Catherine d’Aulnoy, Henriette Julie de Murat, Marie–Jeanne L'Héritier, and numerous others. These were educated women with an unusual degree of social and artistic independence, and within their use of the fairy tale form one can find distinctly subversive, even feminist subtext. ↗

— Terri Windling

#fairy-tales-for-adults #feminism #magical-stories #stories #education

The world is full of mystery and magic. We just need to look, listen and believe that wondrous things are still possible. ↗

— Vonnie Winslow Crist

#magical #inspirational

...the villagers had decided that 'practical' meant 'extremely magical and full of interesting objects' and had officially subtitled themselves, Winesap: A Pracktical Towne. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#magical #normal #pratical #small-town-life #special

When everything is said and done, the only thing that really matters is the quality of the soul you build during the life you're given. ↗

— Kayt C. Peck

#magical-realism #life

I want to meet a woman named Sherry who only drinks brandy, and a woman named Brandy who only drinks sherry. Then I’ll offer each one of them one magical night of sex with me, in the form of two of my clones. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#brandy #clones #drinks #magic #magical

There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#about #being #career #coat #green

I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#actually #am #appears #completely #deal

There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#had #just #life #life is a #lots