Quotes from Alethea Kontis

A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life

unless I'm miraculously rescued by an idiot who thinks beauty is a weakness.

Your family has a lot of very powerful women,

In a small, excited voice she said, "Adventure awaits.

Words have power. You be careful.

And she would do great things.

With all I have," he whispered solemnly. "For the rest of my life.

I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag.

If your reading habits are anything like mine, then you can remember the exact moment that certain books came into your life. You remember where you were standing and whom you were with. You remember the feel of the book in your hands and the cover, that exact cover, even if the art has changed over the years.

While not my personal favorite of the Disney princess films, 'The Little Mermaid' wins hands-down in my book for best Disney adaptation. Little girls waited for more than 150 years for Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' to have a happy ending. Walt Disney finally gave it to her.

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?

May we all be doomed to a happy life.

In music, on stage and on screen, fairy tales have always been guaranteed moneymakers. It's no wonder then, that in these difficult economic times, there are fairy tales everywhere you turn. From 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm,' to 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman.'

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

Sharon Shinn's Samaria is a world populated by refugees from a ravaged Earth, also many, many years in the future.

Sharon Shinn is a lover of words and a builder of worlds. She makes science-fiction seem like fantasy. Her characters jump off the page, finding their way under your skin and into your heart.

I have always loved really dense, complicated stories with lots of layers, tons of obscure literary references, and a plethora of inside jokes.

It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly. If I can impart that same wisdom to other folks - no matter what age - it would be an honor.

I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's.

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.

It can't be 'true' love without the truth