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“Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical stories were enjoyed by listeners young and old alik...”
“Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century particularly in Germany, where the Brothers Grimm published their massive collection of German fairy tal...”
“The fairy tale belongs to the poor...I know of no fairy tale which upholds the tyrant, or takes the part of the strong against the weak. A fascist fairy tale is an absurdity.”
“The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy tales concern is not useful information about the e...”
“That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't...”
“Nabokov calls every great novel a fairy tale, I said. Well, I would agree. First, let me remind you that fairy tales abound with frightening witches who eat children and wicked stepmothers who pois...”
“This is the list you carry in your pocket, of the things you plan to say to Kay, when you find him, if you find him:1. Im sorry that I forgot to water your ferns while you were away that time.2. Wh...”
“The lamb baa-ed vigorously as Mary dragged it into the manicure room, and Zel winced. She really should insist Julie come work, She could use the help, plus it would mean extra mother-daughter time...”
“The time for princes and tsars and holy madmen was gone.In its place came a world of war and revolution, of tanks andtelephones, murder and assassination.”
“Like Bluebeard, the fairy tale of Snow Whitedoes not record a single, appalling crime, but testifies to a structural and endemic conflict in society that was political and social as well as persona...”
“Ava's father believed that myths and fairy tales - like dreams - opened a window into the unconscious. by listening to the language of dreams and old tales, he said, all humans could learn to under...”
“You see, none of these conflicts are about things that people only sort of like. It is always about love. You may think me blasphemous to use the Passion of the Christ as an example of drama, but n...”
“There's a flame of magic inside every stone & every flower, every bird that sings & every frog that croaks. There's magic in the trees & the hills & the river & the rocks, in the sea & the stars & ...”
“You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.”
“Its just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes hed forget my water or food and Id cry and cry and cry. She stops talking and looks out the window. I would try to tell myself stories...”
“A make believe life doesn't win friends and influence people. It bores the crap out of those living the dream.”
“The euphoric lust cloud is gone and once the smoke begins to clear, like in all good fairytales, the princess turns into nothing more than a common farm girl while the prince goes back to being a r...”
“There once was a woman named Story Easton who couldn't decide if she should kill herself, or eat a double cheeseburger.”
“In fairy tales, her mother used to say, no one ever says I love you. They give food and they kiss. Thats what love is made of.”
“Hey, be patient you'll have to kiss a few frogs before you find one that's your prince”
