"The unsparing savagery of stories like the Robber Bridegroom is a sharp reminder that fairy tales belong to the childhood of culture as much as the culture of childhood...they capture anxieties and fantasies that have deep roots in childhood experience"

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Source : "The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm". Book by Maria Tatar, August 9, 2010.

Maria Tatar

#Roots Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Anxiety Quotes

“Drugs and alcohol are not my problem â€” reality is my problem. Drugs and alcohol are my solution.”

Source : "Russell Brand: my life without drugs" by Russell Brand, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2013.
“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”
“As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing.”
“Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds.”
“A symbolic victory is still a victory.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say "but you can't do that" aren't actually very important. I don't take "no" too seriously.”

Source : "Building civilisation". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2006.
“I see myself as a climate change skeptic and a skeptic looks at the evidence and bases conclusions on the evidence rather than on belief. To hold the view that this is not an issue that you need to do something about, to hold the view that it's all a furphy takes belief.”
“Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.”

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