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Tales Quotes by A. S. Byatt
- I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
- I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of…
- I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be…
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- I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A. S. Byatt
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