Quotes About Fairytales

And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince." "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so far are princes who turn into frogs." "Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures.

Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.

no more pep talks about believing in toads, Liza said. Don't they turn into princeses when you kiss them? Bonnie said. Thats frogs, Liza Said. Entirely different species.

The kingdoms of fantasy and mirth are longlasting and not of this world.

In Into the Woods, Cinderella runs from her prince, Rapunzel is thrown from a tower for her prince, and Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby.

Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?

Disney World is celebrating its 40th birthday! You can tell the characters are getting old. In addition to Snow White's seven dwarfs, she now has 25 cats.

Sometimes the wrong fairytale turns out to be just right!

Tell them stories

You know what's a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to get to beauty, and even then, when you get there, you still have to wake her up. — Tiny Cooper

Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.

You say that someday your prince will come. More than anything, you want him to reply, But what if your prince is right under your nose? Instead he says, Well, as long as he's mot one of those deposed princes... You wish he weren't such a prince. You wish he were a frog.

The dead have need of fairy tales too.

I have an affinity for a lot of things that are kind of fairy-tale-ish and bookish.

cinderella walked on broken glass aurora let a whole lifetime pass bella fell in love with a hideous beast jasmine married a common thief ariel walked on land for love snow white barely escaped a knife because love means facing your biggest fears

there is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy. Endymion Leer

We're brought up to believe in a fairytale-romance sort of way that true love is out there and true loves don't care about what you look like and stuff, just what's down inside. And that's probably true, but what's also true, sadly, is that true loves are very rare and very hard to find.

Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.

I love seeing the Oscar films and epic dramas. But I'd rather watch a romantic comedy than any other kind of movie. There's something about movies like these that make you feel so good and happy and that you want to live in that world -- to be that girl and be part of the fairy tale. I have always believed in fairy tales.

In the real, grown-up world, unicorns were more plentiful than Prince Charmings.

I don't believe in faeries!

Princes don't come around everyday, and happy endings don't grow on trees

Just so you know, when they say once upon a time....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book.

But here's the truth: no matter how much you might wish for it, princes don't come around every day, and happy endings don't grow on trees. Take it from me: the sooner you grow up, the less you'll be disappointed.