“Clichs are relatives of the fairy tale, and tropes arent bad; they go with the territory.”

“When youre late in a fairy tale, people wind up dead. And not true-loves-kiss, glass-coffin-nap-time dead. Really dead, the kind of dead you dont recover from.”

“Sure. If she gets mugged, she can just flute them to death.”

“Clichés are relatives of the fairy tale, and tropes aren’t bad; they go with the territory.”

“When you’re late in a fairy tale, people wind up dead. And not true-love’s-kiss, glass-coffin-nap-time dead. Really dead, the kind of dead you don’t recover from.”

“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 alw...”

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”

“...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...”

“The huntsman took pity on her and said, "Run away into the woods, child, and never come back.”

“The young princess was as beautiful as daylight. She was more beautiful even than the queen herself”