Erika

“Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts. Think of them and remember that somewhere, sometime, they've all been real.

Mab gave them lessons.”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

“at the center of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power.”
― Susan Wiggs, The You I Never Knew

“Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder. ”
― Eberhard Arnold