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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“We need a shape for the tale. A beginning, a middle and an end.”
― Time Bites: Views and Reviews – Wise and Witty Essays on Literature, Politics, and the Human Spirit
― Time Bites: Views and Reviews – Wise and Witty Essays on Literature, Politics, and the Human Spirit
“I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts.”
― Water Street
― Water Street
“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
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