The Brothers Grimm Quotes

“What is to become of us? How are we to feed our poor children, when we no longer have anything even for ourselves?” “I’ll tell you what, husband,” answered the woman, “early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is the thickest; there we will light a fire for them, and give each of them one more piece of bread, and then we will go to our work and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them.” “No, wife,” said the man, “I will not do that; how can I bear to leave my children alone in the forest?—the wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces.” “O, you fool!” said she, “then we must all”
― Jacob Grimm, The Brothers Grimm: Illuminated Fairy Tales, Vol. 1

“we to feed our poor children, when we no longer have anything even for ourselves?” “I’ll tell you what, husband,” answered the woman, “early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is the thickest; there we will light a fire for them, and give each of them one more piece of bread, and then we will go to our work and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them.” “No, wife,” said the man, “I will not do that; how can I bear to leave my children alone in the forest?—the wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces.” “O, you fool!” said she, “then we must all”
― Jacob Grimm, The Brothers Grimm: Illuminated Fairy Tales, Vol. 1

“Now there were thirteen fairies in the kingdom; but as the king and queen had only twelve golden dishes for them to eat out of, they were forced to leave one of the fairies without asking her. So twelve fairies came,”
― Jacob Grimm, The Brothers Grimm: Illuminated Fairy Tales, Vol. 1

“One good turn deserves another!”
― Jacob Grimm, The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Volume 1 (Illustrated)

“My tale is done, there runs a mouse; whosoever catches it, may make himself a big fur cap out of it.”
― Jacob Grimm, The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Volume 1 (Illustrated)