“Love, how difficult it is to hide thee! Thou art everywhere visible, on a lover’s lips, in his eyes, in the sound of his voice. When we love, the signs of it appear in our every action, in our silence, our conversation, in our joy, in our sorrow.””
“I am a physician; I can cure every ill and every kind of madness except love.””
“At length the queen gave birth to the loveliest creature that ever was seen. Without delay the hawthorn was fastened on her head, and at the same instant, wonderful to relate! she turned into a little monkey, and jumped and ran and capered about the room”
“Near here there is a deep cavern fully six leagues in circumference. The entrance is barred by two dragons with fire coming out of their eyes and mouths. Once inside you have to go down into a great hole, full of toads and adders and serpents. At the bottom of this hole is a little cave through which there flows the stream of Beauty and of Health. A miracle happens to whoever washes with this water.””
“She had never seen a handsome prince before, and the handsomest was as nothing to this one.””
Madame d' AulnoyMadame d'Aulnoy, a prominent figure in the French literary scene of the late 17th century, was a pioneering author of fairy tales and a key contributor to the genre's development. Born around 1651, sh...
“There was once a king whose temper was so austere and morose that all who knew him feared rather than loved him. Very rarely did he show himself; and on the slightest suspicion he would put his subjects to death. And because he was always frowning they called him King Sombre.””
“Bird, with wings of heaven’s blue,Haste to where I wait for you””