But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.Hans Christian Andersen
I will die. I must die. Let me be dead. Ah! it would be a long time yet ere I should sink beneath the waves.Mermaid
I know not how I am to shun his dreadful presence.Mermaid
She knew this was the last evening she should ever see the prince, for whom she had forsaken her kindred and her home.Narrator
It is glorious to look at the bright stars; but it is still more glorious to learn to understand the great ordinance of love.The Witch
Her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea.Narrator
But when the sisters rose, arm-in-arm, through the water in this way, their youngest sister would stand quite alone, looking after them.Narrator
To help you I will give you my greatest skill – the power of song. Use your sweet voice to sing him a beautiful song that will touch his heart.Sea witch
In a year and a day he will be wed. And I pray it is you he marries, for the sake of your warm heart and your sweet soul.Mermaid's Grandmother
You are a brave girl, granddaughter. Fate has dealt you a difficult hand, and yet you have the strength to smile.Mermaid's Grandmother