Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun

by Guillermo del Toro

Her mother said fairy tales didn’t have anything to do with the world, but Ofelia knew better. They had taught her everything about it.

Carmen Cardoso believed the most dangerous tale of all: the one of the prince who would save her.

To listen . . . after all, that’s what being a child is about. Learning about adults’ secrets means learning to understand their world—and how to survive it.

She was one of those women who looked for strength in men instead of finding it in her own heart.

The wordless tune filled both her and the girl with the sweetness of love, like the first song ever sung on earth to the first child born. It sang of love and of the pain it brings. And of the strength, even in the profoundest darkness.