“In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in constant chaos. Thus children's fairy tales as well as adult's legends, cosmological myths, and indeed philosophical systems are shelters built by the mind in which human beings can rest, at least temporarily, from the siege of inchoate experience and of doubt.” MindHumansWellsChildrenHuman BeingsDoubtMaterialsAdultsBuiltPhilosophicalConstantChaosMythTalesLandscapeFairyLegendsConstructionFairy TaleShelterComponentsSiege Author:Yi-Fu Tuan
“What is a novel? I say: an invented story. At the same time a story which, though invented has the power to ring true. True to what? True to life as the reader knows life to be or, it may be, feels life to be. And I mean the adult, the grown-up reader. Such a reader has outgrown fairy tales, and we do not want the fantastic and the impossible. So I say to you that a novel must stand up to the adult tests of reality.” KnowsWantFeelsMayMeanStoriesRealityTruthFictionNovelImpossibleReaderAdultsTestsRingsTalesFantasticFairyFairy TaleRealismTrue Life Author:Elizabeth Bowen
“A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering his child's questions; but an adult who thinks these tales are only a bunch of lies had better not try telling them; he won't be able to related them in a way which would enrich the child's life.” ThinkingWayTryingChildrenAbleLyingValuesParentChildhoodAdultsDifficultyConvincedBunchTalesRelatedFairyFairy Tale Book:The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales Source: The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
“I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.” WritingYearsFirstsStillsBookTodayYoungCoupleAdultsFolksYoung AdultTalesGenreFairyCollectionsPrintFairy TaleFolklore Author:Michael Scott
“Photography is a great adventure in thinking and looking, a wonderful magic toy that miraculously manages to combine our adult awareness with the fairy-tale world of childhood, a never-ending journey through great and small, through variations and the realm of illusions and appearances, a labyrinthine and specular place of multitudes and simulation.” ThinkingWorldWonderfulMagicJourneyChildhoodAwarenessAdventurePhotographyIllusionAdultsAppearanceTalesManageRealmsFairyFairy TaleToysMultitudesVariationNever EndingSimulationGreat Adventure Author:Luigi Ghirri
“In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.” NeedsChildrenAdultsOur ChildrenCaringSavedTalesFairyFairy Tale Author:Donna Shalala
“Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical stories were enjoyed by listeners young and old alike, while literary fairy tales (including most of the tales that are best known today) were published primarily for adult readers until the 19th century.” ThinkingChildrenIdeasStoriesTodayYoungKnownModernCenturyReaderAdultsTraditionIncludingTalesEnjoyedFairyFairy TaleListeners19th CenturyYoung ChildrenYoung And OldOral Tradition Author:Terri Windling
“Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.” ChildrenBookMomentsStoriesWaitingOur LivesFeetMinutesAdultsTalesFairyContradictionFairy TaleAbyssOnce Upon A TimeAll The Best Author:Paulo Coelho
“O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.” NeedsChildrenStillsPlayLife IsSimpleLaughingAdultsTalesUncomfortableFairyDaily LifeFairy TaleDisguiseCostumes Author:Leo Rosten