#fantasy

When I was her age," Munro said to Eilidh, "I was chasing frogs." Oron Chuckled. "When I was your age, I was chasing frogs. Come. We have things to discuss. ↗

— India Drummond

#fantasy #age

It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they think adults might possibly read for their own entertainment, reviewers frequently indulge in such waggeries as: "this book is for children from the ages of six to sixty." But I have never yet seen the puff of a new motor-model that began thus: "this toy will amuse infants from seventeen to seventy"; though that to my mind would be much more appropriate. Is there any essential connexion between children and fairy-stories? Is there any call for comment, if an adult reads them for himself? Reads them as tales, that is, not studies them as curios. Adults are allowed to collect and study anything, even old theatre programmes or paper bags. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#fiction #age

Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have. ↗

— Criss Jami

#brain #cognition #content #contentment #creativity

Sorry, I got hung up or I’d have been here earlier. I made sure I made it for closing, though. I didn’t want the streets to suffer if you walked alone.” A glance at him showed his lips twitching. Humor, a new facet to my knight in leather armor; one I liked, given my oftentimes sarcastic attitude towards life. He wore the same leather duster of the previous evening, and, once again, I enviously admired it. Unable to resist, I reached out a hand and stroked its supple surface, feeling a thrill that my hand strayed so close to his actual body. “It’s so soft,” I murmured. “Not for long, if you keep stroking it,” he drawled. ↗

— Eve Langlais

#urban-fantasy-romance #attitude

But in the end, black can never be white, one plus one must always equal two, and Mara Lynn was a normal little girl. ↗

— Jake Vander Ark

#fantasy #fiction #logic #paranormal-romance #young-love

Then I wondered, what if? What if he kissed me? What if he told me I was beautiful? What if he told me he loved me? What would I say in return? ↗

— Markelle Grabo

#elves #fantasy #love #speaking #what-if

We must have been very very bad in our last lives, cos karma's busy making macramé with us. ↗

— Poppet

#paranormal-urban-fantasy-romance #business

My laboratory,' I said, experimentally, drawing out each syllable. 'Why is it that saying it like that always makes me want to follow it with 'mwoo-hah-hah-hahhhhh'? ' 'You were overexposed to Hammer Films as a child?' - Harry Dresden & Bob the Skull, Changes, Jim Butcher ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #magic #paranormal #wizards #change

We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect. ↗

— Evan Meekins

#fantasy #fantasy-fiction #fiction #respect #shouting

Barnabas’s voice helps me drift off to sleep. I think briefly about how I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I care about my family and friends, but this is a different feeling. This must be how my father feels about my mother. This must be what it feels like to be in love. Somehow, I’m certain. I know I can’t leave him here to rot. I can’t leave him at all. ↗

— Kris Noel

#life #love #young-adult #young-adult-fantasy #young-adult-romance