Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a better damsel out of my bedtime routine.
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Related I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel. JENNY TROUT We never even saw the damsel in distress. ... We would have stopped because we are superheroes. As a... KEVIN CROSS "Fairy tales and kingdoms become a land of personal escape. Yes, reality bites but as we grow old, w... ANGELO JORGE So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You ... LAUREN OLIVER "A fairy tale is a land of personal escape. Reality bites but we are forced to bite back or else we ... ANGELO JORGE I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! WALT DISNEY COMPANY Excuse me? "I am not a damsel in distress. If I were, do you think I could do that?" I point to the ... JES DREW I’m not a damsel and there is no distress CARRIE JONES I’m not the damsel in distress. I’m the villain. It’s only a matter of time before he realizes... STACEY TROMBLEY I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much. JAMES PATTERSON When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel ... SIGOURNEY WEAVER I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fair... NATALIE BABBITT I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me... KIRSTEN DUNST And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother... BIBLE It [Ashfair House] was an old fashioned house—the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, ... SUSANNA CLARKE You see all the other fellows were so active and earnest and all that sort of thing- always rampagin... KENNETH GRAHAME I am not a Damsel In Distress who needs a Prince Charming. I am more of Rani Laxmi Bai who rides a S... NIKITA DUDANI What Peter and Fran and Philippa have been able to do is create all of these nuances that never exis... ADRIEN BRODY The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unt... EMILY DICKINSON Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in tr... MALLIKA NAWAL And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead,... BIBLE I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to ch... MIKE MYERS Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? BIBLE I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've g... KIRSTEN DUNST Fairy-tales exist and the best proof for this is our own childhood! Yes, childhood is a real fairy t... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Da... BIBLE I look up to say something but he puts his finger to my lips and whispers, “Don’t talk. You’ll... SUSAN EE And there they placed a peacock in his pride,
Before the damsel. LORD ALFRED TENNYSON A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night. OSCAR WILDE I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and ... JACK ZIPES The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent... CARL HONORE And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and ... BIBLE And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. BIBLE And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. BIBLE When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are ca... PAUL HENDERSON A lady should be allowed to choose her comp'ny, an' should be treated like a lady until she shows sh... LOUIS L'AMOUR Enchanted castle corridors are the right place to "get in" research on fairy tales - it's a fairy ta... PENINA MEZEI The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something... JOSEPH JACOBS When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales ar... PAUL HENDERSON Make sure to have a nice, relaxing bedtime routine that ends in the child's bedroom. ANDI BROEM When they first wrote the fairy tales about love people lived to 30, in the modern world maybe we ne... CARL WHITE I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in d... OCTAVIA SPENCER Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the b... PAUL AUSTER When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the ... DUANE CHAPMAN The lamb baa-ed vigorously as Mary dragged it into the manicure room, and Zel winced. She really sho... SARAH BETH DURST But I am a knight of the Round Table," he protested, weakly. "I am a protector of the realm, a slaye... TANYA HUFF Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. C.S. LEWIS These days when you kiss a prince you often run the risk of turning him into a frog. But don't let t... ANTHON ST. MAARTEN The fireplace is warm nook Penina Mezei’s house in fairy tale in which the "fairy-tale-in Jukebox"... PENINA MEZEI Some things were only possible in fairy tales. And not the kind of fairy tales that Baba Yagas featu... DEBORAH BLAKE You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: / Then they shal... BIBLE There was a place in childhood that I remember well,
And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fai... SAMUEL LOVER I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible... G.K. CHESTERTON It's an invention, a fairy tale devoid of any sense, like all the legends in which good spirits and ... ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales a... AMY TAN A simple and heart-warming fable, one might think - in which case, one would reveal oneself to be an... J.K. ROWLING My refusal to remove the book from the library was backed by a majority of the Board of Governors. I... J.K. ROWLING And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her n... BIBLE I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library: A... BEVERLY CLEARY I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. CAROL ANN DUFFY During my childhood I didn't need to hear stories about evil ogres eating children and so forth; the... LAO SHE It's just that in detective stories, women are usually dead before the curtain goes up. In fairy tal... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE Adults don't take fairy tales seriously but just see them as reading for children. I have found fert... DAISUKE TAKAHASHI I've spent my life wondering when I would earn the right to be a man again. Despite the undeserved g... JACK HECKEL Cinderella's lefts and rights
To Geraldine's were frights,
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The damsel, deftly... FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES A fairy-tale life exists only in fairy tales. ERALDO BANOVAC The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my n... KATE BERNHEIMER What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has alrea... NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV Keep your sword close and your friends closer. KILEY KELLERMEYER For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer v... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. GEORGE A. MOORE Am I the same cold, ragged damp Sara? And to think I used to pretend and pretend and wish there were... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Fairy tales are the skeletons of story, perhaps. Reading them often provides an uneasy sensation—a... KATE BERNHEIMER You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER Never trust the meaning of fairy tales. LOSUNGEN I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. BEVERLY CLEARY The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Solange wir Kinder sind, denken wir nur selten an die Zukunft. Diese Unschuld ermöglicht es uns, un... PATRICK ROTHFUSS A child’s best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories. ERALDO BANOVAC My mother used to read to me every night when I was little. We got through most of the major fantasy... WENDY FROUD What do you know of the Knights?” he asked. Fin shrugged. “I thought knights were on... A.S. PETERSON Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to... BERTRAND RUSSELL If you want to see and feel magic first hand, read a book to your kid before bedtime. —Richard Due RICHARD DUE And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; afte... BIBLE She has never been in the presence, before, of two people who are in love with each other. She feels... MARGARET ATWOOD We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Mia looked over the new bruises on Tric's face, shook her head. 'My brave centurion. Riding in on hi... JAY KRISTOFF Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience. GEORGE SANTAYANA If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has... ALFRED HITCHCOCK There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief t... WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Silence is another element we find in classic fairy tales — girls muted by magic or sworn to silen... TERRI WINDLING I wished that, for once, faery tales – real faery tales, not Disney fairy tales – would have a h... JULIE KAGAWA My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grim... GUNTER GRASS
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RACHEL SKLAR I always like to look at things and think, 'Would I be proud to bring my grandma and grandpa to ... RACHEL SKARSTEN Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history. RACHEL SKARSTEN The special thing about 'Lost Girl' is it can be campy at times, but the show doesn't ta... RACHEL SKARSTEN Normally, learning lines is fairly easy for me, but when you add an accent onto that, it adds a comp... RACHEL SKARSTEN I'm no stranger to joining a show in the third season. I joined 'Lost Girl' at the same ... RACHEL SKARSTEN I've been through periods where I haven't worked and would have paid someone to give me a jo... RACHEL SKARSTEN While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do. RACHEL SKARSTEN There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces. RACHEL SHELLEY I do have a fantasy piece of technology that would do my food shopping for me, and if you wanted to,... RACHEL SHELLEY I've always been Mac, so I guess I always will be. I can't imagine I will change now. RACHEL SHELLEY Yes I am definitely an 'Orange is the New Black' fan... Not an obsessive, but a fan none the... RACHEL SHELLEY We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind. RACHEL SHELLEY I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need. RACHEL SHELLEY I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. I... RACHEL SHELLEY Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that. RACHEL SHELLEY