"Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it widely."

-- Terri Windling

#Children Quotes #Heart Quotes #Reality Quotes

“At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!”
“In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.”
“Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?”
“Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by tragedy and defeat. Men have claimed the earth, called it 'Her'. Men ruin Her. Men have airplanes, guns, bombs, poisonous gases, weapons so perverse and deadly that they defy any authentically human imagination.”
“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself”
“Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.”
“I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.”
“Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings.”

Source : Margaret Atwood (1984). “Second words: selected critical prose”, Beacon Press, 1984

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