January 2012
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Instantly he seized her hand and held her fast but in her struggles to get free...
– The Princess in Disguise, Grimm Brothers
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For all their rich variety, fairy tales have a remarkably stable—and...
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Maria Tatar, The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales
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Folklorists are quick to point out that fairy tales were never really meant for...
– Maria Tatar, The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales
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One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along...
– The Little Girl and the Wolf by James Thurber
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Once Upon A Blog...: Magic vs Technology and the... →
Really interesting thoughts on how technology today compares to magic. Some quotes below:
I had a whole conversation with a friend on Twitter about a year ago, talking about how our use of the internet in particular could very well be seen as magic. Heck, we even tap into grounding magics and unseen forces (electricity, wi-fi, digital signals) by using various gateways (you need power cords or...
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One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, “The old fairy tales endure forever....
– Regina Doman (via fairytalescrapbook)
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