Margaret Mahy Quote

Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairy tales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived happily ever after. Love at first sight was nothing but infatuation until proved by time.


The Tricksters (1986)


Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairy tales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived...

Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairy tales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived...

Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairy tales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived...

Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairy tales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived...