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“Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.”
― Jack Zipes
― Jack Zipes
“The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete ways, threatening to destroy free will and human compassion. The fairy tale sets out to conquer this concrete terror through metaphors.”
― Jack Zipes
― Jack Zipes
“Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.”
― Jack Zipes, Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales
― Jack Zipes, Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales
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