A Quote by Orson Scott Card

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale.

Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card
American - Writer
Born: August 24, 1951

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Kenneth Branagh

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Regina Doman

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Edith Widder

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Harrison Ford

He used to talk to me about Russia all the time and had sworn up and down that I'd love it here. "To you, it'd be like a fairy tale," he'd told me. "Sorry, comrade. Borg and out-of-date music aren't part of any happy ending I've ever imagined." "Borscht, not borg. And I've seen your appetite. If you were hungry enough, you'd eat it." "So starvation's necessary for this fairy tale to work out?

Richelle Mead

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Bruno Bettelheim

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Terry Pratchett

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Gena Showalter

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Jack Zipes

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That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.

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