Quotes About Fable

that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.

She was the only person Phoebe knew who actually believed that if you kept kissing a frog you'd eventually end up with a prince.

It's like the old stories

every myth, every fable must have some roots. Something lies among those roots.' 'It does. ... Most often a dream, a wish, a desire, a yearning. Faith that there are no limits to possibility. And occasionally chance.

It soon transpired, however, that the unicorn only approached youthful maidens, paying absolutely no attention to older ones. Being a wise creature, the unicorn indubitably knows that remaining too long in the state of maidenhood is suspicious and counter to the natural order. Physiologus

What a pity humans don't have any legends like that. Perhaps one day they will? Perhaps they'll create some? But what would human legends deal with? All around, wherever one looks, there's greyness and dullness. Even things which begin beautifully lead swiftly to boredom and dreariness, to that human ritual, that wearisome rhythm called life.

I varje saga finns ett korn av sanning.

The notion of a natural propensity for vice is essential to Sadeian psychology; vice is innate, as is virtue, if social conditions are unalterable. This straitjacket psychology relates his fiction directly back to the black and white ethical world of fairy tale and fable; it is in conflict with his frequently expounded general theory of moral relativity, that good and evil are not the same thing at all times and in all places.

The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation.

There was a whole sequence of concept art about a 'Fable' set in a kind of steampunk Victoriana age.

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind.

I think it's fantastic that people still remember Fable, and some of them are really passionate about it.

I think the charm of 'Fable' was in the feeling of the world and definitely the humor.

The thing about 'Fable' is that it was such a rich world. It was, well, what the name says it is. It's all about Fable and Albion and this idea of legends and humor.

It's almost like my life is a fairytale.

Trust the tale, not the teller.

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

In the fable, the garden is a symbol for the mind," said Julian. "If you care for your mind, if you nurture it and if you cultivate it just like a fertile, rich garden, it will blossom far beyond your expectations. But if you let the weeds take root, lasting peace of mind and deep inner harmony will always elude you.

Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it - the Dutchess

Todo tiene una moraleja, solo falta saber encontrarla

Everything's got a moral if only you can find it.

There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line, and immortality is assured.