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“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected." ( Frauds on…

— Charles Dickens

“You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?”

— Rudyard Kipling

“A fairy tale is one way to recount history. The”

— Michèle Audin

“Fairy tales represent hundreds of years of stories based on thousands of years of stories told by hundreds, thousands, perhaps even millions of tellers.”

— Kate Bernheimer

“Here’s the first thing you need to know: all the fairy tales are true. Oh, the specific events that the Brothers Grimm chronicled and…

— Seanan McGuire

Fairy tales are not real. However, myths are the historical notes of those who were much wiser than ourselves. We therefore have no right…

— C. JoyBell C

“Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are the currency that we share with those…

— Neil Gaiman

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are…

— Cornelia Funke

The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They…

— Lily Cole

People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.

— Kate Bernheimer

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

— Susan Wiggs

Fairy tales are more than true.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton