"Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty."

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Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.160, A&C Black

Franny Billingsley

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