The implication of this particular tale is: Trust strangers. Believe in magic.

One of the reasons ordinary people are incapable of magic is simple dearth of conviction.

End of story. ‘Happily ever after’ fell on everyone like a guillotine’s blade.

It's the solitude that slays you. Maybe because you'd expected ruin to arrive in a grander and more romantic form.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

Design is an unknown.

Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.

I try not to be preachy, I just try to deal with people on their own level, not to try to talk down or up to a person.

Besides being a model, I'm a human and a woman.

There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.

The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

My doctor told me I shouldn't work out until I'm in better shape. I told him, 'All right; don't send me a bill until I pay you.'

A person who takes a walk of 100 feet and a person who walks 2,000 miles have one major thing in common. They both need to take a first step before they take a second step.