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Tales Quotes by Jane Yolen
- I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to…
- Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.
- Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make…
- The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we…
- They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better than I think…
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- '1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
- The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller,… — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — Francis Bacon
- I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes.… — Amy Adams
- I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A. S. Byatt
- I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too… — Lord Byron
- History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities. — Graydon Carter
- All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. — Helena Bonham Carter
- I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary
- Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. — Hans Christian Andersen