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> [I think that a true economics thinker or a Marxist thinker would make nonsense of my argument, although I have given massive seminars and no one has demolished it so far. I did think that this idea from an artisanal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-think-that-a-true-economics-thinker-or-a-marxist-thinker-would-make/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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> [Although the stories are very present in my book, and very present in my mind, what I was most interested in was the question of why it had attracted such a following in the 18th Century. It's less mysterious that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/although-the-stories-are-very-present-in-my-book-and-very-present-in/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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## Other authors on 19th century

## More by Marina Warner

> [“Ectoplasm is shapeless, it is “informe,” a kind of primordial paste—and to show itself as this, it annexes semiotic markers that designate intermediate spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/ectoplasm-is-shapeless-it-is-informe-a-kind-of-primordial-paste-and/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I am not a great believer in dialectical struggle. I am much more of a fusion person. I see it as a dialogue, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-am-not-a-great-believer-in-dialectical-struggle-i-am-much-more-of-a/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-was-brought-up-a-catholic-and-i-was-quite-fervent-because-i-was/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-female-form-provides-the-solution-in-which-the-essence-itself-is/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [Love can make you turn on yourself, and it can do harmful things to you. It's a deep lesson in human psychology, as with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/love-can-make-you-turn-on-yourself-and-it-can-do-harmful-things-to/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [There is a theory, that I rather subscribe to. The frame story implies that if he doesn't change, she will kill him. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/there-is-a-theory-that-i-rather-subscribe-to-the-frame-story-implies/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/creating-simplicity-often-makes-the-heart-leap-order-has-been/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I avoid looking in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-avoid-looking-in-the-mirror/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The other thing about the Nights is that it is quite racist. One parentheses is that I think this is one of the negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-other-thing-about-the-nights-is-that-it-is-quite-racist-one/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The tales are quite hard to remember and I found that going back to it between bouts of writing fiction, I was having to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-tales-are-quite-hard-to-remember-and-i-found-that-going-back-to/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [One of the metaphors of the book is the carpet. Not just the flying carpet, but the carpet as a woven surface in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/one-of-the-metaphors-of-the-book-is-the-carpet-not-just-the-flying/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-more-one-knows-fairy-tales-the-less-fantastical-they-appear-they/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/if-you-want-to-learn-about-a-culture-you-look-at-what-buildings-the/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I love titles and organizing chains of ideas. I like that very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-love-titles-and-organizing-chains-of-ideas-i-like-that-very-much/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/for-example-john-law-s-mississippi-company-venture-printed-shares-and/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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