This is the thing about fairy tales: You have to live through them, before you get to happily ever after. That ever after has to be earned, and not everyone makes it that far.
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. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape...
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Taylor Swift
There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast, ' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.
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G.k. Chesterton
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
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Mo Willems
The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone." Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an...
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James Finn Garner
...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...
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Cecelia Ahern
More Quotes By Kat Howard
Becoming hurts.
That doesn't mean that I would destroy those works, or that I'm not proud of having come out the other side. Our past art makes our present art as much as our past life makes us who we are now. In the end, if the...
Not having enough talent seemed almost worse than not having any, because having a little meant having just enough to know what you lacked
Perhaps the only happily ever after is to survive to tell the story
This is what happens, when things are not quite a fairy tale. You go into the woods to find your story. If you are brave, if you are fortunate, you walk out of them to find your life.
