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“I haven't finished revisiting Sleeping Beauty. As a faerie tale, that one is rife with inherent difficulties. After all, the world doesn't stop just because one person is asleep.”
“Think of the cafeteria as a road map to where you belong. Danielle pointed to the beautiful people in one corner. Princesses and Princes over here. Then you have Heroesleading ladies and gents that...”
“Birthdays were wretched, delicious things when you lived in Beau Rivage. The clock stuck midnight, and presents gave way to magic.Curses bloomed.Girls bit into sharp apples instead of birthday cake...”
“I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive.”
“You are mine, and I am thine, and no power on earth shall make it otherwise.”
“A world without fairy tales and myths would be as drab as life without music”
“Storytelling is an ancient art that rarely receives the respect it deserves. Is it even possible to find someone these days with the time to give something precious to listeners, who understands st...”
“Storytelling is a dangerous vocation, for the fairies punish those who return to tell their secrets.”
“Disenchantment is the blessing of becoming yourself.”
“The Dreamer awakesThe shadow goes byThe tale I have told you,That tale is a lie.But listen to me,Bright maiden, proud youthThe tale is a lie;What it tells is the truth.”
“The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those creative enchantments, not only for its own characters caught in its ow...”
“Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.”
“Finally, Id say to anyone who wants to tell these tales, dont be afraid to be superstitious. If you have a lucky pen, use it. If you speak with more force and wit when wearing one red sock and one ...”
“The landscape always changed, but the magic never did. The tales were told to children wrapped up in sheets, to frighten or to soothe, but those doing the telling didn't have to believe. Perhaps it...”
“Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are currency that we share with those who walked the world before ever we were here. (Telling stories to m...”
“Being the reader of a dark fairy tale is much like being the hero of one. Our lives are filled with pain, boredom, and fear. We want to venture into the dark wood, to see the oddities and the beaut...”
“Fairy tales are about trouble, about getting into and out of it, and trouble seems to be a necessary stage on the route to becoming. All the magic and glass mountains and pearls the size of houses ...”
“Everything that ever happened is just stories now, Earl. But it was all very real to people while it was happening. Wasn't it?”
“We fall asleep to fairy tales, and the world rotates and revolves and time passes and we grow up and we understand that they are false. There are not heroes and princesses and villains. It's not th...”
“At least that left hope for him. Except "Beauty and the Geek" wasnt exactly the proper translation of the popular fairy tale.”
