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title: "23 Folk Tales Quotes by 14 authors"
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> [Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linn-ullmann/fairy-tales-and-folk-tales-have-always-played-a-role-in-my-writing-in/)

[Linn Ullmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linn-ullmann/)

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> [Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shweta-basu-prasad/folk-tales-are-the-most-authentic-way-of-understanding-a-region-its/)

[Shweta Basu Prasad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shweta-basu-prasad/)

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> [I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-also-like-the-whole-idea-of-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales-being-a/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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> [The tricky or boastful gods of ancient myths and primitive folk tales are characters of the same kind that turn up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/northrop-frye/the-tricky-or-boastful-gods-of-ancient-myths-and-primitive-folk-tales/)

[Northrop Frye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/northrop-frye/)

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> [“Fairy tales and folk tales are for children and childlike people, not because they are little and inconsequential, but because they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-esolen/fairy-tales-and-folk-tales-are-for-children-and-childlike-people-not/)

[Anthony Esolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-esolen/)

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> [The great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/the-great-thing-about-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales-is-that-there-is-no/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [I find inspiration from a lot of different texts and really old stories and folk tales - things I feel like no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/borns/i-find-inspiration-from-a-lot-of-different-texts-and-really-old/)

[Borns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/borns/)

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> [Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shweta-basu-prasad/folk-tales-which-are-usually-written-for-children-become-a-bigger/)

[Shweta Basu Prasad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shweta-basu-prasad/)

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> [“I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/i-realize-that-for-all-my-penchant-in-believing-that-there-s-more-to/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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> [Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shweta-basu-prasad/folk-tales-are-my-favourite-form-of-story-telling-they-not-only-just/)

[Shweta Basu Prasad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shweta-basu-prasad/)

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> [They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/they-were-written-on-cheap-blue-notebooks-bought-by-poor-women-i-m/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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> [The truth is, my folk-lore friends and my Saturday Reviewer differ with me on the important problem of the origin of folk-tales.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jacobs/the-truth-is-my-folk-lore-friends-and-my-saturday-reviewer-differ/)

[Joseph Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jacobs/)

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> [Those so-called records in the Bible were written by devout ecclesiasts who wanted to believe, and wanted others to believe, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/those-so-called-records-in-the-bible-were-written-by-devout/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

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> [Because the great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text. It's not like the text…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/because-the-great-thing-about-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales-is-that/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-carter/for-most-of-human-history-literature-both-fiction-and-poetry-has-been/)

[Angela Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-carter/)

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> [Bare Foot Folk and is full of really interesting songs, Ange Hardy takes folk tales and creates new folk songs that sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-harding/bare-foot-folk-and-is-full-of-really-interesting-songs-ange-hardy/)

[Mike Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-harding/)

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> [Myths, as compared with folk tales, are usually in a special category of seriousness: they are believed to have "really happened,"or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/northrop-frye/myths-as-compared-with-folk-tales-are-usually-in-a-special-category/)

[Northrop Frye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/northrop-frye/)

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> [“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-zipes/over-the-last-three-centuries-our-historical-reception-of-folk-and/)

[Jack Zipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-zipes/)

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> [I wanted the chance to look again at very famous stories and see what made them work well, whether there were any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/i-wanted-the-chance-to-look-again-at-very-famous-stories-and-see-what/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [The Celtic folk-tales have been collected while the practice of story-telling is still in full vigour, though there is every sign that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jacobs/the-celtic-folk-tales-have-been-collected-while-the-practice-of-story/)

[Joseph Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jacobs/)

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> [Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-zipes/over-the-centuries-we-have-transformed-the-ancient-myths-and-folk/)

[Jack Zipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-zipes/)

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> [In college, I became interested in folk tales and fairy tales. Gradually I became more and more interested in the underlying meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/in-college-i-became-interested-in-folk-tales-and-fairy-tales/)

[Brian Froud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-froud/)

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> [Up to 1870, it was equally said of France and of Italy that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jacobs/up-to-1870-it-was-equally-said-of-france-and-of-italy-that-they/)

[Joseph Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jacobs/)

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