Alethea Kontis Quotess, born January 11, 1976, in South Burlington, Vermont, is a New York Times bestselling American author, storm chaser, and adventurer, celebrated for her fairy tale-inspired fantasy novels. Best known for Enchanted (2012), the first in her Woodcutter Sisters series, she weaves magic and humor into stories that reimagine classic tales. A recipient of the Scribe Award, Garden State Teen Book Award, and two-time Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award winner, she’s been nominated for the Andre Norton Nebula and Dragon Award. Kontis, who lives on Florida’s Space Coast with her teddy bear Charlie, also writes children’s books like AlphaOops! and narrates for award-winning magazines. These 15 quotes—sourced from her books, interviews, web articles, and posts on X—reflect her insights on creativity, resilience, storytelling, and embracing life’s magic, capturing her whimsical and bold spirit.
15 Alethea Kontis Quotes
- “If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 32)
- “Sometimes ‘Hmm’ is the wisest thing to say.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 214)
- “It can’t be ‘true’ love without the truth.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 238)
- “Quit dwelling on other people’s stories and make up some of your own.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 240)
- “All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 121)
- “Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 121)
- “May we all be doomed to a happy life.” (Enchanted, 2012)
- “The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 140)
- “Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; they could bind people together or tear them apart.” (Enchanted, 2012, p. 110)
- “Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, ‘Well, gosh, that seems obvious now… why didn’t I see it then?’ I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “If your reading habits are anything like mine, then you can remember the exact moment that certain books came into your life.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “May we all bear the courage of a soft heart.” (Post on X, @AletheaKontis, 2025-06-08)
- “I escaped an abusive relationship and spent the last decade rebuilding my life. But a few titles did manage to slip through the cracks, fantasies that pulled me in so quickly I could not put them down.” (Post on X, @AletheaKontis, 2025-06-07)
Alethea Kontis’s quotes weave magic, resilience, and the power of storytelling, inspiring us to embrace our fantasies and create our own epic tales. Which quote sparks your imagination? Share it below and keep Kontis’s fairy-tale spirit alive!
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