76 Beautiful Quotes By Hans Christian Andersen, The Author Of The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen was an author, poet, novelist, travel writer and playwright from Denmark who lived in the 19th century and is particularly famous for his books on fairy tales that are enjoyed by people of all ages to this day. Andersen started working at the age of 14 as a soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre but when his voice broke, he started writing poems on the advice of a colleague. However, it was as a short story writer that he found fame and success. The short story titled ‘A Journey on Foot from Holmen’s Canal to the East Point of Amager,’ published in 1829 became a runaway success and he followed it up with the ‘Love on St. Nicholas Church Tower’. Andersen, is however, most famous for his books on fairy tales. He wrote two volumes and the famous ones include ‘The Ugly Duckling’, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, ‘Thumbelina’, ‘The Snow Queen’, ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘The Wild Swans’ among many others. The fairy tales are now the part of culture in most countries and have been translated into more than 100 languages. Andersen was a deep thinker and an extraordinary writer, who also produced plenty of quotable quotes. Here is a collection of the very best ones.
But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.
When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.
Where words fail, music speaks.
Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
To travel is to live.
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.
Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.
Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.
If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and – pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.
To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.
Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.
It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!
My life will be the best illustration of all my work.
Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.
I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. - The sea witch.
But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?
You are a dreamer, and that is your misfortune.
I only appear to be dead.
Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater.
They could see she was a real Princess and no question about it, now that she had felt one pea all the way through twenty mattresses and twenty more feather beds. Nobody but a Princess could be so delicate.
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man.
Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!
Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.
Every man’s life is a fairytale written by God’s hand.
