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Tales Quotes - Page 2

To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.

Nelly Sachs, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme (1971). “Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme”

The folktale is the primer of the picture-language of the soul.

Joseph Campbell (1969). “The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension”, HarperCollins Publishers

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

"Yarrow: An Autumn Tale". Book by Charles de Lint, 1986.

A false tale often betrays itself.

Aesop (1968). “Aesop's Fables”, p.337, Library of Alexandria

Tell tales out of school.

John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.446

For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power

Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.

Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.304, Simon and Schuster

Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.

Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.561, Delphi Classics

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). “The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings”, p.8, Indiana University Press

Every tale is not to be believed.

Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales, Folktales Collections”, p.84, 谷月社

The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable.

"The GQ&A: Drive Director Nicolas Winding Refn". Interview with Sean Fennessey, www.gq.com. September 12, 2011.

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

Interview with Michael Koresky, reverseshot.org. November 10, 2005.