Welcome to Fairy Tale Quotes, where the enchanting worlds of folklore and fantasy come to life through timeless words of wisdom and whimsy. Within the pages of this collection, you’ll discover a treasure trove of quotes from beloved fairy tales that have captivated hearts and minds for generations. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, nostalgia, or simply a touch of magic in your day, these quotes offer a glimpse into the enchanting realms of imagination that have fueled countless bedtime stories, folklore, and fairy tales.
Fairy tales have long served as vessels for conveying universal truths, moral lessons, and profound insights into the human condition. From the enduring lessons of bravery, kindness, and resilience found in tales like Cinderella and Snow White, to the timeless wisdom imparted by characters such as the wise old wizard or the mischievous fairy godmother, these stories continue to resonate across cultures and ages. As you delve into the world of Fairy Tale Quotes, prepare to be transported to faraway lands where dragons roam, princesses await their true love’s kiss, and ordinary folk embark on extraordinary journeys of self-discovery and transformation.
Below, you’ll find an array of enchanting quotes waiting to be discovered, each one ready to be shared, cherished, and brought to life in your own unique way. So whether you’re crafting a heartfelt message, adding a touch of whimsy to your social media feed, or simply seeking a bit of inspiration to brighten your day, let these Fairy Tale Quotes be your guide on a magical journey through the realms of imagination and wonder.
Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice. Amanda Eliasch
I realized that there is no fairy tale. Bebe Buell
Many of us live in dysfunctional families, and so even if it’s in a fairy tale, or perhaps because it’s in a fairy tale, we have a chance to look at that side of our reflected lives differently. Kenneth Branagh
My mother’s childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies. Lisa Jewell
That’s what I wanted ‘Pirate Jenny’ to be: a queer, revolutionary fairy tale for the people that I love. Sasha Velour
Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people’s minds, but to me, it’s just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It’s all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it’s over. That’s Hollywood. Olga Kurylenko
When I was younger, I had this fairy tale that you can have the eight hours of sleep and be a healthy, balanced person and still achieve your goals. The reality is, that hasn’t always been the case. Lilly Singh
I played a bee! It was a Polish fairy tale we performed at school when I was seven or eight. I had wings fixed to me. Joanna Kulig
Seeing my parents makes me realise that life is not a fairy tale. Mollie King
The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I’m all for that, but film can also challenge you to confront the realities of our world. Ezra Miller
My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances don’t always come. Ravi Shankar
My grandmother, Amalia Pia Emilia Vignola, whom I called Nonna, brought out the fairy tale in everything. She used to tuck me into bed so vigorously that I never felt anything less than comforted, and then afterwards, she would sit on a cane basket box next to my bed and read Hans Christian Andersen to me. Emilia Wickstead
Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes. Robert Lopez
Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through the air and go beneath the surface of the ocean. Maria Montessori
I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for ‘Spring Awakening,’ it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale. Jonathan Groff
I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect – I want a fairy tale really. Jennifer Ellison
My first marriage was very traditional, in the church, and then we left the church and went to the reception hall. So this time, I’d like to go fairy tale all the way. NeNe Leakes
The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies. Marc Bloch
And now, I’m a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I’ll wake up from. Erin Morgenstern
I’d imagine my wedding as a fairy tale… huge, beautiful and white. Paris Hilton
I’m so excited to see ‘Horns’ because it’s so many different genres in one film. It’s a sci-fi, it’s a love story, it’s a horror movie, it’s a fairy tale. Juno Temple
And I thought, when I have kids, that’s the sort of well told, silly, and fun fairy tale that I would want to take them to. But it was an amazing experience. And I think Shrek is a real classic, a fairy tale classic. Mike Myers
Getting to wear Chanel is my version of a fairy tale. Not that I would wear it every day – my style is more jeans and T-shirts – but it’s kind of fun. Dylan Penn
Every movie, I complicate. I make the hard choices. I remember when I was pitching ‘Pan’s Labyrinth:’ An anti-fascist fairy tale set in Civil War Spain, where the girl dies at the end. It’s not easy. Guillermo del Toro
Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. Anthony Holden
When I first read Anne Frank’s ‘Diary of a Young Girl,’ I saw for the first time that a girl could be a writer and that it had something to do with survival and with ethics and fighting against evil. I admired her, though her diary remained terrifying and mysterious to me. She was a character in a real fairy tale – fairy tales are brutal. Kate Bernheimer
Nature is a book, a letter, a fairy tale (in the philosophical sense) or whatever you want to call it. Johann Georg Hamann
My parents were working performers, so obviously I saw that there wasn’t a lot of fairy tale going on there. It was a precarious world. One that they were deeply committed to and deeply loved, but one that required a lot of hard work. Megan Follows
Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over. Diane von Furstenberg
My family is my little village. I really do feel like my fairy tale came true. Molly Sims
Innocent parents might have thought that a musical cartoon version of a fairy tale would be a child’s ideal introduction to movie magic. Yet Walt Disney taught moral lessons in the most useful way: by scaring the poop out of the little ones. Richard Corliss
I certainly don’t think of my life as a fairy tale. I think of myself as a modern, contemporary woman who has had to deal with all kinds of problems that many women today have to deal with. Grace Kelly
I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio. Ian Watson
I love the Queen. I love the whole fairy tale of the Royal Family; the Crown Jewels; Buckingham Palace; the tourist attraction. But really, is that what we’ve got a monarchy for? It’s just for tourism, and then you survive and live off taxpayers’ money? Slowthai
‘Snow White’ is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today’s science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It’s bizarre. Julia Roberts
One of the reasons I’m proud of the show and think it works is that as much as Ted is nice and he’s kind and he’s passionate, his troubles are real. He doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The world of ‘Ted Lasso’ isn’t a fairy tale. Brett Goldstein
In 2006, I appeared before a House subcommittee considering real estate reform. It was like visiting the capital for the ‘Hunger Games’ as an outsider in a glamorous and byzantine fairy tale: I couldn’t believe how beautiful all the congressional aides were, and I never understood the system of bells and alarms warning legislators to vote. Glenn Kelman
I was very excited to do ‘The Witches.’ It was with one of my favorite directors, Nick Roeg, and I loved his work from ‘Don’t Look Now’ and ‘Eureka.’ So I was very excited to work with him. The story was a very subversive fairy tale by Roald Dahl, and a fantastic part. Anjelica Huston
Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That’s baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, ‘I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.’ Ernie Harwell
I do a lot of urban fantasy, which is modern-day cities, but you’ve got magic, you’ve got fairies running around, or cryptozoological creatures running around, and I’m pulling very heavily on my background as a folklore major and having done some animation work and all of that, and I’m pulling from the modern fairy tale narrative. Seanan McGuire
I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner. Elisabeth Rohm
As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale. Lily Collins
I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian’s quiet smile as I’d bring back one stack and exchange it for another. Victoria Hanley
You have this fairy tale of ‘life on your own.’ It’s so awesome. Until the apartment floods, or something happens, and your go-to people aren’t there. Maddie Marlow
I’m not sure if it’s fair to call it a ‘fairy tale,’ but I really loved ‘Mulan,’ the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it’s not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon. Lily Cole
Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfume, cars, etc., is a short fairy tale, for they are given magical qualities. Jack Zipes
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future. Danielle Steel
Throughout any given season of ‘The Bachelor,’ the women exclaim that the experience is like a fairy tale. They suffer the machinations of reality television, pursuing – along with several other women, often inebriated – the promise of happily ever after. Roxane Gay
I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink. Klaus Kinski
You don’t normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even though Snow White is really a big deal in Spanish-speaking countries. Blanca Nieves is a huge icon whether you’re talking about the Disney cartoon or just different iterations and the Grimm fairy tale and all the stories that come with it. Rachel Zegler
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I’m a big shoe girl. Amy Adams
The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it’s a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns don’t exist as animals. They exist as fantasy creatures. Gloria Vanderbilt
‘Seconds’ is grounded in the reality of this restaurant environment, and I did do plenty of research, so there’s that. It takes place in a town that is like a kinder, gentler fairy tale version of reality. Then it takes off into a story that is very strange, very mental. Bryan Lee O’Malley
What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly the myths, which emanated from all cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale. Jack Zipes
I feel like I’m walking into the illustrated pages of a fairy tale when I go to the vineyard. It draws you to nature and cleanses your soul, and you just don’t want to leave. Zhao Wei
I’m living a fairy tale. Arnel Pineda
I love fairy tale retellings and mash-ups. Sarah J. Maas
Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us. Frederick Leboyer
I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with that idea and wrote a scientific fairy tale instead. Kit Williams
To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality. Nelly Sachs
I never thought I’d have children; I never thought I’d be in love, I never thought I’d meet the right person. Having come from a broken home – you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don’t look for them. Angelina Jolie
I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner. Maria Bello
Sometimes it’s great when, you know, you’re sitting down to watch a straightforward story, and you know how it’s going to go, and you know how it’s going to end. That’s a fairy tale. Clare-Hope Ashitey
I’m a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but ‘Mulan’ is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it’s so important for young girls to have. Victoria Aveyard
I don’t know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little bit of the fairy tale. Let others photograph the ugliness of the world. I don’t want to distress people. Leo McCarey
For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict – because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds. Richard K. Morgan
If you are going to believe in the fairy tale of ‘Mr. Right,’ then you need to keep everything in perspective. Know the things that make you happy. Know the things that enable and/or hinder your growth. Raheem DeVaughn
I don’t know that I think women have to throw out the fairy tale ending. I just think they have to decide what their fairy tale ending is – and not go with the standard one that everyone’s told them they’re supposed to have. Shonda Rhimes
The most fascinating thing for me is that ‘Peter Pan’ is a fairy tale, but now, this Filipino kid is a part of the folklore. Can you imagine telling the story of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ or ‘Cinderella,’ and all of a sudden there’s a Filipino kid in there after all these years? Dante Basco
Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that’s OK. Kim Kardashian
Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. Caitlin Flanagan
I’m not a big fan of kids’ movies that have this knowing snarkiness to them or this post-modern take on storytelling. I think that sails right over the heads of most kids. There’s something to be said for a well-told fairy tale. There’s a reason that these mythic stories stay with us. John C. Reilly
You see the fairy tale – four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that. Dorothy Hamill
I’ve had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. John Stamos
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us. Kit Williams
I love that very traditional fairy tale where it’s not all ‘happily ever after.’ I like all that old school, bloody, ‘Brothers Grimm’ sort of stuff. So you have all those shades of gray in there. Erin Morgenstern
I’ve learned that I want what I deny. I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess. I want the picture-perfect fairy tale stuff. Selena Gomez
I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale. January Jones
Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl’s life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale. Amber Tamblyn
The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her – she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don’t. Alice Hoffman
As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot’s in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable. Aaron Sorkin
One of the major dangers of being alone in February is the tendency to dwell on past relationships. Whether you’re daydreaming about that ‘one that got away,’ or you’re recalling the fairy tale date you went on last Valentine’s Day, romanticizing the past isn’t helpful – nor accurate. Amy Morin
You cannot make a social-conscious picture in which you say that the intermediary between the hand and the brain is the heart. I mean, that’s a fairy tale – definitely. Fritz Lang
No matter what you write, you actually can’t help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way. Catherynne M. Valente
If you are watching a fairy tale, that’s why you go to fairy tales: you want these uncomplicated stories and uncomplicated characters. But if it’s meant to be real life, you want there to be some reflection of your experience and have something you can hook into. Clare-Hope Ashitey
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. Eugene O’Neill
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. Beverly Cleary
There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale. Ralph Ellison
I never quite understood why Disney hadn’t made a sincere fairy tale since ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ John Lasseter
I think it would be hard to find an American who, during their first week at Cambridge didn’t genuinely feel like it was fairy tale. Caroline Calloway
My life has been nothing short of a fairy tale. Shefali Zariwala
Things aren’t always the fairy tale that you thought they were. Amy Klobuchar
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a fairy tale, but it starts in a place you really believe, and that came from spending two months wandering around the slums picking up stories and talking to people. Simon Beaufoy
Each time I’m starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare… As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism. Arnaud Desplechin
The ‘Mahabharata’ is a more complex and longer saga than the ‘Ramayana,’ which is like a fairy tale. It’s much lighter and more fun, and at its heart, there’s a cracking love story. David Farr
We all love a bit of ‘true love conquers all,’ and when I started on ‘Poison,’ ‘Charm’ and ‘Beauty,’ that was one rule of the fairy tale formula that I didn’t want to break. Sarah Pinborough
‘Extraordinary’ is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story. Nancy Werlin
It has been a fairy tale for an outsider, bouncing from one film set to another, choosing my films as assertively as those films chose me. And through this journey I have not once faced the dreaded syndrome of the ‘casting couch.’ Padmapriya Janakiraman
Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers. Hans Christian Andersen
I’ve always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn’t say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I’ve always found exciting – the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships. Gwendoline Christie
