#fair

Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts. Think of them and remember that somewhere, sometime, they've all been real. Mab gave them lessons. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#fairy-tales #lessons

Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#fairy #moron #fairies

At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #fairies

The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#fairies

I’m going to kill you one day,” I told him as we hurried after Grimalkin, back into the swampy marshland. It was not an idle threat. Puck just laughed. “Yeah. You and everyone else, prince. Join the club. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#fairies #puck #fairies

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

In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#once-upon-a-time #fairies

Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen. ↗

— Jane Yolen

#perspective #fairies

Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#stories #fairies

Mercy is for the weak… let me show you how much of an Unseelie I still am. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#paranormal #romance #ya #young-adult #fairies