#tales

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

— Edmond de Goncourt

#fairy tales #humbug #like #people #simple

The middle son gets a magic donkey. When you shout the word: "Bricklebrit!", it spews gold pieces out of... And I quote: ... its front and back. Yes, folks. Thing I Love #4: the Bricklebrit Donkey. You shout a word, and gold comes flying out its butt. Fairy tales don't get much better than that. ↗

— Sarah Beth Durst

#humor #humor

...what was the good of being a movie werewolf? You howled at the moon; you couldn't remember what you did, and then somebody shot you. ↗

— Anne Rice

#werewolf-tales #wolf-man #funny

Sting told me if I love somebody I should set them free. I doubt Sting ever loved anyone with wings. If he did he might rethink such a stupid sentiment. I suppose the point is to wait for your love to come back to you voluntarily. I wonder if there’s a difference between setting something free and letting it go? I probably did it wrong. I should stop taking advice from my radio. I worry that you’re lost. I keep a heart-shaped cage unlocked for you, out on the street where it can easily be seen. So if one day you return at least you’ll have a place to stay. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#love

I love who you are, yesterday, now, tomorrow, always. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#tales-of-an-extraordinary-girl #twice-as-hot #love

I love children. Eating them, that is. ↗

— Keith McGowan

#cuisine #eating #folktales #humor #love

Each day before the end of eve she sought her lover, nor would him leave, until the stars were dimmed, and day came glimmering eastward silver-grey. Then trembling-veiled she would appear, and dance before him, half in fear; there flitting just before his feet she gently chid with laughter sweet: 'Come! dance now, Beren, dance with me! For fain thy dancing I would see! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#love

Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#bogeyman #dragon #dragons #fairy-tales #inspirational

I will put your skill to the test, but if you do not pass, you shall tie the marriage knot with the ropemaker's daughter and the cawing of the crows will be your wedding song. ↗

— Brothers Grimm - THE MASTER THIEF

#marriage

Lestat: You're very anxious to be out of these rooms, aren't you? Why don't we simply get into bed together? I don't understand. David: You're serious? Lestat: Of course David: You do realize, that this is an absolutely magnificent body, don't you? I mean you aren't insensible to the fact that you've been deposited in a...a most impressive piece of young male flesh. Lestat: I looked it over well before the switch, remember? Why is it you don't want to.. David: You've been with a woman, haven't you? Lestat: I wish you hadn't read my mind. It's rude. Besides, what does that matter to you? David: A woman you loved. Lestat: I have always loved both men and women. David: That's a slightly different use of the word 'love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#lestat-de-lioncourt #louis-pointe-du-lac #tales-of-the-body-thief #vampire-chronicles #vampires