#encyclopaedia of faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"One doesn't need magic if one knows enough stories."

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[andreai04]

“I wish to know the unknowable… To peel back the carpeting of the world and tumble into the stars.”

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

Never in my adult life had I had someone looking out for me. Everything that I have wanted or needed doing, I have done myself. And why not? I have never needed rescuing before. I suppose I always assumed that if I ever did, I would have two options: rescue myself or perish.

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

There is something true in every story, even the false ones.

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"I wish to know the unknowable. To see what no mortal has seen, to - how does Lebel put it? To peel back the carpeting of the world and tumble into the stars"

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

If there is one thing that unites scholars, it is complaining about the temperature of conference rooms.

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

It is always restful to be around someone who does not expect anything from you beyond what is in your nature.

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

How on earth was I supposed to concentrate on research now, with a marriage proposal from one of the Folk dangling over my head? I could almost imagine myself a maiden in one of the stories, but stories didn't leave dirty teacups scattered throughout the cottage, or underline passages in my books - in ink - no matter how many times I ordered them not to.

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries