Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight.

The key to happiness - as any good fairy godmother will tell you - is not to avoid problems, but to overcome them.

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

I will not go on, I thought. I won't. I will throw my soul to the wind and blow into a thousand pieces. I will wash up on a shore somewhere like bleached and broken driftwood. I will dry out in the sun until I-and any gift I ever had-shrivel into the sand.