41 Quotes About Fairy Tales

It is easily believed that in order for a fairy tale to exist there has to be a happy ending of some sort. These quotes about fairy tales capture a deeper meaning to these whimsical tales of fiction.

“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.”

“All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.”

“Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.”

“But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.”

“Classic fairy tales do not deny the existence of heartache and sorrow, but they do deny universal defeat.”

“Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?”

“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.”

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

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

“Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.”

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

“Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.”

“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality — for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it widely.”

“Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. ”

“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”

“He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself safe and whole as he tried.”

“I haven’t finished revisiting Sleeping Beauty. As a faerie tale, that one is rife with inherent difficulties. After all, the world doesn’t stop just because one person is asleep.”

“I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. ”

“I really feel that we’re not giving children enough credit for distinguishing what’s right and what’s wrong. I, for one, devoured fairy tales as a little girl. ”

“I think people should read fairy tales, because we’re hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.”

“I want to tell women that you need to love yourself and make yourself a priority. It’s only when you are happy yourself, can you make everyone else around you happy. ”

“If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”

“If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other–the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition.”

“If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side.”

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

“I’ll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty… were not perfect in the beginning. ”

“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.”

“Mother didn’t understand that children aren’t frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.”

“My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.”

“Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They’re fairy tales for grown-ups.”

“Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.”

“One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That’s where the old stuff came from.”

“The kids from the streets don’t want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don’t care if it’s ugly; they just want reality.”

“The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world.”

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

“There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.”

“There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.”

“Think of every fairy-tale villainess you’ve ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses.”

“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he’s everything you ever wanted.”

Leaving you full of wonder, fairy tales do much for our interpersonal relationships and bring out the joy and dreamland from our wonderous childhood.