#tales

When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#called #comic #comic books #discovered #fabulous

In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#bad #bad guy #black #cape #easy

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. ↗

— Amy Tan

#better #bible #fairy #fairy tales #gothic

While Fledging is a different type of book, The Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable books because of the direction of the country. You can call it save the world fiction, but it clearly doesn't save anything. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#because #book #books #call #cautionary

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#fairy tales #humbug #like #people #simple

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#company #fairy #fairy tales #literally #tales

Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted with a desire to tell tales, then we should tell them . . . if only to reach but a few. ↗

— James D. Maxon

#reaching-people #tales #writing-from-the-heart #writing-life #writing-philosophy

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

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

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