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To-day I bake, to-morrow brew,
The next I’ll have the young Queen’s child.
Ha! glad am I that no one knew
That Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.
Brothers GrimmGrimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), RumpelstiltskinIn context
There is no man under the sun so fortunate as I
Brothers GrimmGrimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), Hans in LuckIn context
- Happiness
- Luck
There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road⁠—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven⁠—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments, her face bent in grave inquiry on mine, her hand pointing to the dark cloud over London, as I faced her.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Woman in White (1860), First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, IVIn context
Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.
Carlo Collodi1826–1890The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883), Chapter 1In context
How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
Carlo Collodi1826–1890The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883), Chapter 36In context
- Change
- Happiness
I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father’s house.
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894Kidnapped (1886), Chapter IIn context
Except for the Marabar Caves⁠—and they are twenty miles off⁠—the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Passage to India (1924), Part I: Mosque, Chapter IIn context
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.
J. K. Rowlingborn 1965Harvard address (2008)
- Change
- Inspiration
I always knew I’d never be the next queen. I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts, in people’s hearts, but I don’t see myself being queen of this country. I don’t think many people will want me to be queen.
Diana, Princess of Wales1961–1997Interview with Martin Bashir on BBC Panorama (20 November 1995)
I’ve come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.
David Bowie1947–2016“Sermon From the Savoy”, New Musical Express (29 September 1984)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)In context
- Change
- Time
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV)In context
- Luck
- Success