Alive Quote by Sam Lipsyte

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales, even where…

— Charlotte Mason

Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with…

— Charles de Lint

I'm not a big fan of kids' movies that have this knowing snarkiness to them or this post-modern take on storytelling. I think that…

— John C. Reilly

Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning…

— Cormac McCarthy

Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help…

— Marina Warner

I'm very interested in talking about children in this moment where you are going to become a teenager, and I think it's very relevant…

— Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.

— Alison Croggon

Reading fairytales to children expands their imaginations.

— Robert Lepage

I think a lot of things are at play when children enjoy a grisly old fairytale. I don't think many children take it literally,…

— Robert Paul Weston

People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world.

— Ryan Holiday

“The children will need new stories and fairy tales to see them through their nightmares and daydreams, to transfigure their sorrows and fears at…

— Keith Donohue