Quotes by Hans Christian Andersen

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.””

“She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.””

“The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.””

“Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.””

“I can give her no greater power than she has already, said the woman; don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is. She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. If she cannot herself obtain access to the Snow Queen, and remove the glass fragments from little Kay, we can do nothing to help her.””

“To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy. ””

“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.””

“You are a dreamer, and that is your misfortune.””

“My life will be the best illustration of all my work.””

“Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not forget that this was the last night she would ever see the one for whom she had left her home and family, had given up her beautiful voice, and had day by day endured unending torment, of which he knew nothing at all. An eternal night awaited her. ””

“It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!””

“Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater.””