Fairy tales are life lessons disguised with colorful characters and situations.
“I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.”
― The Lady of the Rivers
― The Lady of the Rivers
“Sometimes you cannot help what you hear, you cannot help what you see.”
― The Lady of the Rivers
― The Lady of the Rivers
“You have to sit with your longing and know that you may not get what you want; you have to encounter the danger of longing for something without the expectation of getting your desire.”
― The Lady of the Rivers
― The Lady of the Rivers
“I am marrying the finest man I have ever known.” “It will cost you dear,” he warns. “It would be worse to lose him.”
― The Lady of the Rivers
― The Lady of the Rivers
“The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to endure what comes. We have to learn to treat misfortune and great fortune with indifference. That is wisdom.”
― The Lady of the Rivers
― The Lady of the Rivers
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