#fairy tale

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. ↗

— Eugene O'Neill

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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

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My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see. ↗

— Gunter Grass

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I'd imagine my wedding as a fairy tale... huge, beautiful and white. ↗

— Paris Hilton

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Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. ↗

— Anthony Holden

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All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

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I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

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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 want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

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