“A tale of scandal is as fatal to the credit of a prudent lady as a fever is generally to those of the strongest constitutions. But there is a sort of puny, sickly reputation, that is always ailing, yet will wither the robuster characters of a hundred prudes.” CharacterHundredConstitutionCreditTalesReputationStrongestScandalFeverPrudentPrudes Author:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of the Islamic world - wrote reams of commentary [after 9/11]. Their articles were all about Islam saving Aristotle and the zero, which medieval Muslim scholars had done more than eight hundred years ago; about Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance, not the slightest bit violent. These were fairy tales, nothing to do with the real world I knew.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsRealDoneRealityNextBitsStupidHundredYears AgoIslamEightToleranceViolentTalesSavingFairyIslamicZeroReal WorldArticlesScholarFairy TaleMedievalCommentaryAnalystsPeace And Tolerance Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“Nicholas wanted to believe in fairy tales. She'd read her share, hoping for miracles, but in the end, there was no hundred acre wood to play in with her little stuffed animals. There was pain and crushing disillusionment and betrayal.” BelieveLittlesEndsPlayWantedPainAnimalShareHundredMiracleWoodsBetrayalTalesCrushFairyFairy TaleDisillusionmentAcresStuffed Animal Author:Christine Feehan
“She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I have read quite as many stories as you, September. More, no doubt. And I know a secret you do not: I am not the villain. I am no dark lord. I am the princess in this tale. I am the maiden, with her kingdom stolen away. And how may a princess remain safe and protected through centuries, no matter who may assail her? She sleeps. For a hundred years, for a thousand. Until her enemies have all perished and the sun rises over her perfect, innocent face once more.” IfsKnowsYearsMayStillsMatterStoriesHandsFacesDarkSleepPerfectSecretLordEnemySunDoubtMagicCenturyThousandSafeHundredTalesKingdomsInnocentClockNo DoubtChestsVillainPrincessProtectedSeptemberStolenMaidensSun Rise Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“But why didn't you just ask me?" I set down my fork and glare at her. "Because you were sleeping," She says, taking a sip if Chardonnay. "I was taking a nap, Mom. It wasn't intended to be some kind of Disney fairy-tale hundred-year snooze.” IfsYearsKindAsksSleepMomHundredTalesAsk MeFairyFairy TaleNapsForksGlareChardonnay Author:Alyson Noel
“This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get to be tales," Amatus said, "but since ours is not yet told, we cannot count on it. There were a hundred dead princes on the thorns outside Sleeping Beauty's castle, and I'm sure many of them were splendid fellows.” WaySaidEndsSleepHundredFellowsTalesCastlesSplendidThornsSleeping Beauty Author:John Barnes
“You could string a hundred endless days together, My soul would find no comfort from this pain. You laugh at my tale? You may be educated But you haven’t learned to love till you’re insane” MaySoulPainTogetherLaughingHavensComfortHundredEndlessTalesInsaneEducatedMy SoulStrings Author:Rumi