mermaids

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
1f60dc1	I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.	living inspirational anais-nin no-fear mermaids sea	Anais Nin
8190244	"Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. "We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name a famous mer-hero, and we have trained him or her!" "Oh, sure," Leo said. "Like...um, the Little Mermaid?" Aphros frowned. "Who? No! Like Triton, Glaucus, Weissmuller, and Bill!" "Oh. "Leo had no idea who any of those people were. "You trained Bill? Impressive."	heroes mermaids hero-training the-little-mermaid heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-mark-of-athena leo-valdez	Rick Riordan
3727db4	"As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. "Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha."	percy-jackson-2 mermaids the-sea-of-monsters percabeth percy-jackson percy-jackson-and-the-olympians rick-riordan	Rick Riordan
3f2b063	There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...	siren sirens moby-dick mermaids sea ocean supernatural	Herman Melville
c1fb030	The idea of fairyland fascinates me because it's one of those things, like mermaids and dragons, that doesn't really exist, but everyone knows about it anyway. Fairyland lies only in the eye of the beholder who is usually a fabricator of fantasy. So what good is it, this enchanted, fickle land which in some tales bodes little good to humans and, in others, is the land of peace and perpetual summer where everyone longs to be? Perhaps it's just a glimpse of our deepest wishes and greatest fears, the farthest boundaries of our imaginations. We go there because we can; we come back because we must. What we see there becomes our tales.	fantasy dreams mermaids fairyland	Patricia A. McKillip
a7d88f1	I shall always remember how the peacocks' tails shimmered when the moon rose amongst the tall trees, and on the shady bank the emerging mermaids gleamed fresh and silvery amongst the rocks...	peacock visions mermaids	Hermann Hesse
e54ab6d	for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above ground for burned mermaids and sick vampire girls for wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair	feminism women strength wild-women wolves girls mermaids vampires	Francesca Lia Block
6ceaa85	You're not a dork, you're adorkable.	hester monstrous-beauty syrenka peter mermaids	Elizabeth Fama
9a4cea7	The salt smell of the ocean, sharp and steady, called to her from the window. Looking out, she saw her sisters, the waves, beckoning her with their white arms.	mermaids ocean	Jane Yolen

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

living inspirational anais-nin no-fear mermaids sea

Anais Nin

8190244

"Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. "We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name a famous mer-hero, and we have trained him or her!" "Oh, sure," Leo said. "Like...um, the Little Mermaid?" Aphros frowned. "Who? No! Like Triton, Glaucus, Weissmuller, and Bill!" "Oh. "Leo had no idea who any of those people were. "You trained Bill? Impressive."

heroes mermaids hero-training the-little-mermaid heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-mark-of-athena leo-valdez

Rick Riordan

3727db4

"As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. "Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha."

percy-jackson-2 mermaids the-sea-of-monsters percabeth percy-jackson percy-jackson-and-the-olympians rick-riordan

Rick Riordan

3f2b063

There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...

siren sirens moby-dick mermaids sea ocean supernatural

Herman Melville

c1fb030

The idea of fairyland fascinates me because it's one of those things, like mermaids and dragons, that doesn't really exist, but everyone knows about it anyway. Fairyland lies only in the eye of the beholder who is usually a fabricator of fantasy. So what good is it, this enchanted, fickle land which in some tales bodes little good to humans and, in others, is the land of peace and perpetual summer where everyone longs to be? Perhaps it's just a glimpse of our deepest wishes and greatest fears, the farthest boundaries of our imaginations. We go there because we can; we come back because we must. What we see there becomes our tales.

fantasy dreams mermaids fairyland

Patricia A. McKillip

a7d88f1

I shall always remember how the peacocks' tails shimmered when the moon rose amongst the tall trees, and on the shady bank the emerging mermaids gleamed fresh and silvery amongst the rocks...

peacock visions mermaids

Hermann Hesse

e54ab6d

for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above ground for burned mermaids and sick vampire girls for wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair

feminism women strength wild-women wolves girls mermaids vampires

Francesca Lia Block

6ceaa85

You're not a dork, you're adorkable.

hester monstrous-beauty syrenka peter mermaids

Elizabeth Fama

9a4cea7

The salt smell of the ocean, sharp and steady, called to her from the window. Looking out, she saw her sisters, the waves, beckoning her with their white arms.

mermaids ocean

Jane Yolen