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“If this were a fairy tale, this would be the part where the fishboy appears and Diana shoots him through the heart. Because he is a tragic hero, he's our fucking Gatsby, and he lived for his fish a...”
“Some foolish people must have a tragedy, for they cannot believe in happy endings”
“I tell them: dont depend on a woodsman in the third act. I tell them: look for sets of three, or seven. I tell them: theres always a way to survive. I tell them: you cant force fidelity. I tell the...”
“Maybe the witch thought she was protecting Rapunzel, not punishing her. Maybe she thought that if Rapunzel was locked away, no one could ever hurt her. Maybe the witch kept Rapunzel because she lov...”
“He built a tower to try and be closer to her and walled himself inside.She stared at him for a moment as if waiting for something. And?He glanced at her, puzzled. And, what?She widened her eyes. Ho...”
“Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of scientific verity. On the cont...”
“The fairy tale is in a perpetual state of becoming and alteration. To keep to one version or one translation alone is to put robin redbreast in a cage.”
“Hammer does not think he will make it through this next winter. His breath comes short in his chest, and it takes much effort for him to get up and dressed. My body is still creaky and sound, but w...”
“If you cannot see the fineness in my Hammer, you'd best look at him with better eyes.”
“Youre too old for fairy tales, Baasen said.”
“The saddest thing of growing up is people no longer believe in fairy tales.”
“Hammer", I finished lamely, as he waited patiently for my thoughts to find their voice, "we have got to find better words for the things we have in our hearts.""Words seem to be weak things," he mu...”
“It's kind of strange...All these so-called myths and fables. Everyone seems to have the same ones. They cross cultures and continents. Everyone has their own versions of unicorns, witches, even the...”
“I know these are only dreams. I know these days are long past. I wake to a dream in which Hammers breath has stopped, and mine with it, and hearts have gone to a quiet sunny meadow with the sweetes...”
“a gang of unpredictable ruffians by day who turned to enthralling storytellers after dark. "I would sometimes join them, and listen for a great part of the night to some of the finest fairy tales a...”
“Im glad shes so smitten with her new huntsman boyfriend and all, but venison-wurst? Gag me with a harpsichord.”
“Because, no matter how old we get, we always need to believe in fairytales.”
“Nowhere hidden has ever turned away a goodheart guest.”
“The wise old fairy tales never were so silly as to say that the prince and the princess lived peacefully ever afterwards. The fairy tales said that the prince and princess lived happily ever afterw...”
“...Myths arent fairy tales or legendstheyre an honest attempt to explain mysteries...”
