“When we are young, we are read fairy tales. When we are old, we are read religious tales.” — Saad Ireland Copy Share Image
Think what you would have been now, if instead of being fed with tales and old wives' fables in childhood, you had… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“He fills my head with tales from the ancient forests, tales so old that the trees themselves call them legends. It is… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Although Branwen had no patience for dry lists of names and dates, she had always loved the thrilling tales of the old… — Frewin Jones Copy Share Image
“The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.” — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
![“I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... I've never read them since, but I could tell each tale straight through, and I…” quote by George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d4a/george-sand-1753_chiefs_i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-w_1388127.jpg)
