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You can believe in originals only if you just don't know their context within literature. Certainly I believe in originality, but it… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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There’s no way to really preserve a person when they’ve gone and that’s because whatever you write down it’s not the truth,… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
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Me and my needs were driving my mother away. Me and my needs retreated to my closet, disappeared into fairy tales. I… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
The tales are quite hard to remember and I found that going back to it between bouts of writing fiction, I was… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself,' he said. 'And even after that, when the… — John Green Copy Share Image
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Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
He said,'Trust yourself, mon ami. You are not your friend with his so-sad tale. And Anita is not human. Through us she… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nicholas wanted to believe in fairy tales. She'd read her share, hoping for miracles, but in the end, there was no hundred… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
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