Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt that way about fairy tales. They are bloody and scary, but so is life.

You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help