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“at the center of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power.”
― The You I Never Knew
― The You I Never Knew
“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
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“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 afterwards; and so they did. They lived happily, although it is very likely that from time to time they threw the furniture at each other.”
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“If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”
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“If there are frightful monsters in fairy tales, they do not frighten you now, because that kind of monster is no longer going about the world, whatever he may have done long, long ago. He has been turned into stone, and you may see his remains in museums.”
― The Green Fairy Book
― The Green Fairy Book
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A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more
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