The Complete Fairy Tales

But he soon found that amongst the Shadows a man must learn never to be surprised at anything; for if he does not, he will soon grow quite stupid, in consequence of the endless recurrence of surprises.

"There are very few things good enough to be true," said Diamond; "but I hope this is.

So here was a wall that would let through no moonshine.

had a poor, helpless, rudimentary spleen of a conscience left, just enough to make her uncomfortable, and therefore more wicked.

And now she saw Richard's path as he saw hers, and between the two sights they got on well.

the moment he began to love Alice, his eyes began to send forth light. What he thought came from Alice's face, really came from his eyes. All about her and her path he could see, and every minute saw better; but to his own path he was blind.

The courage he had had was in no sense his own—he had only had courage, not been courageous;

He was no longer the man he had known, or rather thought himself.

No house of any pretension to be called a palace is in the least worthy of the name, except it has a wood near it—very near it—and the nearer the better.