"The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize ***** and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete ways, threatening to destroy free will and human compassion. The fairy tale sets out to conquer this concrete terror through metaphors."

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Source : Jack Zipes (2013). “When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition”, p.1, Routledge

Jack Zipes

#Struggle Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Community Quotes

“The things of the world are ever rising and falling, and in perpetual change; and this change must be according to the will of God, as He has bestowed upon man neither the wisdom nor the power to enable him to check it. The great lesson in these things is, that man must strengthen himself doubly at such times to fulfill his duty and to do what is right, and must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.”
“Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in its turn language shall have preceded possession of silence.”
“The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.”
“We live in a very gynophobic society”
“There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.”
“Gratitude is like a flashlight. If you go out in your yard at night and turn on a flashlight, you suddenly can see what's there. It was always there, but you couldn't see it in the dark.”

Source : M. J. Ryan (1999). “Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Everyday of Your Life”, p.83, Conari Press
“Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No one should brave the underworld alone.”

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