In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake. - Hans Christian Andersen
In the middle of a garden grew a rose tree; it was full of roses, and in the loveliest of them all lived an elf. He was so tiny that no human eye could see him. He had a snug little room behind every petal of the rose. He was as well made and as perfect as any human child, and he had wings reaching from his shoulders to his feet. Oh, what a delicious scent there was in his room, and how lovely and transparent the walls were, for they were palest pink, rose petals. - Hans Christian Andersen
It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg! - Hans Christian Andersen
It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power. - Hans Christian Andersen
Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen
Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. - Hans Christian Andersen
Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. - Hans Christian Andersen
Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater. - Hans Christian Andersen
No one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit of his office. - Hans Christian Andersen
No, the light is too intense; we do not yet have eyes that can see all the glory God has created. But maybe someday we will have such eyes. That will be the most wonderful fairy tale of all, for we ourselves will be part of it. - Hans Christian Andersen
One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men. - Hans Christian Andersen
Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not forget that this was the last night she would ever see the one for whom she had left her home and family, had given up her beautiful voice, and had day by day endured unending torment, of which he knew nothing at all. An eternal night awaited her. - Hans Christian Andersen
She thought, "He whom I love more than my father or mother, he of whom I am always thinking, and in whose hands I would so willingly trust my lifelong happiness. I dare do anything to win him and to gain an immortal soul. - Hans Christian Andersen
She was so young that love was still a game to her. . . . She was being neither fair nor clever, but Babette was only nineteen years old. - Hans Christian Andersen
Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether. - Hans Christian Andersen
The good and the beautiful is not forgotten; it lives in legend and in song. - Hans Christian Andersen
The heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible. - Hans Christian Andersen
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. - Hans Christian Andersen
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