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The best of the old stories spoke to the listener because they spo

The best of the old stories spoke to the listener because they spoke not just to the ears but to the heart as well. – Jane Yolen

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Storytelling is our oldest form of remembering the promises we have made to one another and to our various gods, and the promises given in return; it is a way of recording our human emotions and desires and taboos. – Jane Yolen

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