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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

~A. S. Byatt

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I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables.

~A. S. Byatt

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In music, on stage and on screen, fairy tales have always been guaranteed moneymakers. It's no wonder then, that in these difficult economic times, there are fairy tales everywhere you turn. From 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm,' to 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman.'

~Alethea Kontis

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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

~Alexandre Dumas

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I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

~Alice Hoffman

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I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.

~Alice Hoffman

Topics: Always Deep Emotional Fairy Fairy Tales Feel Felt Few Few Things Really Rival Still Tales Them Things Truth

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I didn't like fairy tales when I was younger. I found a lot of fairy tales scary. They really didn't sit well with me.

~Amanda Seyfried

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I found a lot of fairy tales scary. They really didn't sit well with me.

~Amanda Seyfried

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I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic.

~Amy Tan

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I grew up with Bible stories, which are like fairy tales, because my father was a minister. We heard verses and prayers every day. I liked the gorier Bible stories. I did have a book of Chinese fairy tales. All the people except the elders looked like Italians. But we were not a family that had fiction books.

~Amy Tan

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