There is fiction in the space between...

[akavertigo]

This is not simply a story about a frog and a prince. A story about a frog would be biological. A story about a prince would be historical. But a story about a frog-prince is magical, and therein lies all the difference. ~Jane Yolen(Angela Carter) once remarked, "A fairy tale is a story where one king goes to another king to borrow a cup of sugar

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[the_sweet]

All very interesting points. Mind if I use some of these quotes in a blog I've started for a class, about chick flicks? Many of them use this "fairy tale" theme, so I thought they might be appropriate.

[akavertigo]

They're not my quotes so I don't see why not. Go nuts.