"Pulling heads off Barbies, sticking them on the TV antenna and ruining the reception. But thats how witch babies are."
— Francesca Lia Block

"Weetzie wished she could shake blue glitter around all of them - keeping them sparkling and safe."
— Francesca Lia Block

"Everything is an illusion; that is the whole thing about it - illusion, immitation, a mirage. It makes me too sad. Its having like a good dream, you know you are going to wake up."
— Francesca Lia Block

"Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind."
— Francesca Lia Block (The Hanged Man)

"Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our chicdren, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same."
— Francesca Lia Block

"This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful."
— Francesca Lia Block (Violet & Claire)

"But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away."
— Francesca Lia Block (The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold)

"You must reach inside yourselves where I live like a story, not old, not young laughing at my own sorrow, weeping pearls at weddings, wielding a torch to melt sand into something clear and bright."
— Francesca Lia Block (The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold)