Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cautionary child fairytale
I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be kings, a thicket of brambles can hide a castle where a royal court has lain asleep for a hundred years, a boy can outwit a giant, and a girl can break a curse with nothing but her courage and steadfastness. Kate Forsyth asleepbeautyboy share on social
Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences. Kate Forsyth commonconnectdefence Change image and share on social
I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component. Kate Forsyth artbittercomponent Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live. Robert Jordan behavecautionarycultural share on social
A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that. Alana Stewart charmeasyfairytale Change image and share on social