The Complete Fairy Tales

Yet in one respect they were of more value far than hers: the king bought Rosamond's with his money; Agnes's father made hers with his hands.

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

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.

it had made common things disclose the wonderful that was in them. "The same applies to all arts as well,"

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.

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

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

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

He was but a spark of the sun, in himself nothing.