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• The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this… — Unknown Author
• I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems… — Robin McKinley
• While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early… — Charles Frazier
• After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff… — Tad Williams
• But this is a story, and in a story there is always someone beautiful enough." - 'The Girl with Two Skins' from… — Catherynne M. Valente
• Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler
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