The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its p

The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter. – Susanne K. Langer

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Every day we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss. – Paulo Coelho

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I only tell fairy-tales (said the Philosopher) for I would rather be seen in their sober vestments than in the prismatic unlikelihood of reality. – Christina Stead, “Lemonias,” The Salzburg Tales, 1934

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This is not simply a story about a frog and a prince. A story about a frog would be biological. A story about a prince would be historical. But a story about a frog-prince is magical, and therein lies all the difference. – Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Child

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Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. – Author unknown

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