[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.

But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.

I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

I never even believed in happiness. I didn't think it existed. Now look at me. I'm ready to believe in just about anything.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.

I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.