Fairytale Retellings Quotes

“There are many ways to take a heart.
And the King of Crows uses all methods; he shies from none.
He’s happy to have it cut out all at once as I, the huntsman, did.
He’s happy to have it taken piece by piece, year by year, like a miser hoarding coins, with punishing silences, biting glances, and love served cold.
Poisonous words do the job, too. They are as sharp as knives and leave their victims hollow.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Poisoned

“You do not ask her if she even wants him. That is not at all what it's about. It's not about being sensible, or strong. It's not about being kind. It's not about the soft touch and the kind heart. Beauty and a womb. That's all you are. That's all an adder needs.”
― Deirdre Sullivan, Tangleweed and Brine

“My parents lie somewhere beneath the snow, buried with my mortal life.”
― Vicki L. Weavil, Crown of Ice

“Far, far away, in a place known as Alaska, darkness was beginning to fall. A man was walking across the vast wilderness. He made slow progress. His dog pulled on the leash as if she knew they were almost there. They were headed for Anchorage. The dog, a fur ball of energy, kept her nose to the ground. She moved fast as if something was driving her forward, some kind of reward or prize.”
― Suzy Davies, The Girl in The Red Cape

“Our lives are woven together like these threads yet the beauty is fragile.”
― Suzy Davies, The Girl in The Red Cape

“I cast the wilderness itself as a character in the book. It is my belief that the interplay of light and dark elements, good and evil, dreams and waking hours, reality and fantasy is why fairytales enchant and delight readers.
Michele Bourke's illustrations depict characters and scenes in a magical way.”
― Suzy Davies

“She was not in a castle. She was not at a ball. There was no girl, no sister, no prince. There was just her, alone in this bathroom, the tile planted firmly beneath her feet.
She could smell the lavender.”
― Isabella Stofka, Curses of Lavender

“And now Magdalen, the girl he had thought was so sweet and beautiful, the girl he imagined would love to marry him if he would have her, was thrilled she would not have to.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Noble Servant

“To be precise, I’d say you’re in the village of Hamlin. To be realistic, I’d say you’re exactly where you need to be.”
― C.W. Snyder, Child of Nod

“The tall cityscape that was Anchorage encroached on the wide skies. It was like a giant walking and uninhabited, unclaimed land.”
― Suzy Davies, The Girl in The Red Cape

“I think silence is too often confused with strength, with power.”
― Lucy Gould, The Rescue

“Oh, that." She shrugged her shoulder callously. "I only said that that heathen princess has been caught and locked away. I'm just waiting to hear when she and that conspirator she ran off with, will receive their sentences for betraying the King." The woman threw her head back and cackled an evil sound.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess