Mads

“Therefore, even more than at the times fairy tales were invented, it is important to provide the modern child with images of heroes who have to go out into the world all by themselves and who, although originally ignorant of the ultimate things, find secure places in the world by following their right way with deep inner confidence.”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

“I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass