It's like what you might call Goldilocks' dilemma in the old fairy tale. Young men see women as "less than" or "better than," but never their equals. And studies indicate that equality is the best foundation for a healthy relationship.
Set your heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me.
Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.
This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.
The more you give away, the more you get back.
Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.
From sentence to sentence, in fairy tales there is no reality that is subordinated to any other. Just as, outside the pages there is no reality.
labels can be fun! Some people are like, "As a card-carrying bear, where I also have a little bit of fairy in me. . . " People have fun collaging these; there's a fun people have with their identifications. The irony of them can be lost if you're just wholeheartedly anti-identitarian.
I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea. '
My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I nourish myself with old stories, and then create my own tales.
Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.
In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.
I didn't grow up in church. I had no concept of God - existence, I - the name Jesus was synonymous with tooth fairy and Santa Claus.
I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional representation. And the Nac Mac Feegle are, well, they're like tiny little Scottish Smurfs who have seen Braveheart altogether too many times.
Remember all fairy tales end at some point.
We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.
Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies.
Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!
A tendency toward the abstract is inherent in linear expression: graphic imagery being confined to outlines has a fairy-like quality and at the same time can achieve great precision.
Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.