#fairy tales

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

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In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children. ↗

— Donna Shalala

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I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

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I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

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My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl. I had all the Disney dressing-up costumes and would play every character. ↗

— Lily Collins

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In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales. ↗

— Marie Curie

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When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions. ↗

— Paul Henderson

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Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy. ↗

— John Howe

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