Hans Christian Andersen Quotes

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

“I can give her no greater power than she has already, said the woman; don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is. She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. If she cannot herself obtain access to the Snow Queen, and remove the glass fragments from little Kay, we can do nothing to help her.”

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

“You’re a fine one for tramping around, the bandit girl said to Kai. I’d like to know – do you really deserve to have someone run to the end of the world just for your sake?”