154 Quotes by Hans Christian Andersen

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.

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence.

When we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now...

Roses bloom and cease to be, but we shall the Christ-child see.

We haven’t yet got eyes that can gaze into all the splendor that God has created, but we shall get them one day, and that will be the greatest fairytale of all, for we shall be in it ourselves.

And, above all, beware of the cat.

Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.

And they both sat there, grown up, yet children at heart; and it was summer, – warm, beautiful summer.

Autumn came, and the leaves in the forest turned to orange and gold. Then, as winter approached, the wind caught them as they fell.