#fantasy

Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird. ↗

— China Miéville

#reading #sense-of-wonder #fantasy

He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far out of realm, her world, that she should have stopped thinking about him the second the door had closed. Should stop thinking about him immediately. Should never think about him again, except maybe as a client - and her prince. And yet, the memory of his fingers against her skin refused to fade. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#marissa-meyer #fantasy

When he kisses me again, the last part of me that could stand myself dies. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#faery #paranormal-romance #urban-fantasy #fantasy

Mortals cannot perceive me with the physical eye whilst in my pure form unless it is of my choosing, for it would result in fatality, which leaves the question as to why you are an exception. ↗

— Alecia Stone

#young-adult #fantasy

Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #j-k #rowling #sorcerer-s #stone

...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail. ↗

— David Eddings

#philosophy #fantasy

Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer. — Rhett ↗

— Rowena Cherry

#futuristic #romance #space-opera #fantasy

It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#asoiaf #fantasy #grrm #fantasy

Phnglui mglw nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah nagl fhtagn ↗

— H.P. Lovecraft

#horror #wtf #fantasy

I have never learned to hate. Don't let my first lesson come from you. ↗

— Susan Carroll

#historical-fiction #meaningful #miri-cheney #powerful #susan-carroll