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My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
And anyway, the truth isn't all that great. I mean, what's the truth? Planes falling out of the sky. Buses blowing up… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
When you just get fantasy stories that are about fairies or goblins, I just don't care. I'm never going to meet a… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
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A lady with whom I was riding in the forest said to me that the woods always seemed to her to wait,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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In this life you have to be your own hero. By that I mean you have to win whatever it is that… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
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When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!'… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
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A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more… — Donna Jo Napoli Copy Share Image
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People read a lot of stories about witches, fairies, paranormals, and children possessed by evil spirits. They go to films showing rituals… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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Once upon a time' These are the most magical words our world has ever known and the gateway to the greatest stories… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Most Muggles lived in a world defined by the limits of what you could do with cars and telephones. Even though Muggle… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Evil isn't beautiful on its own. You know?' 'Well, good people are sometimes ugly-' Blanche said at last. 'I don't know about… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces… — Anonymous Copy Share Image