"I am not sure how much good is……" — A. S. Byatt
"I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables."
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101 Quotes by A. S. Byatt
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