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.

What was darkness or the laziness of Time's feet to one who had seen what she had that night seen? She was lifted above all weariness—above all wrong.

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

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

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

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

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

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