The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.
As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
I didn't like fairy tales when I was younger. I found a lot of fairy tales scary. They really didn't sit well with me.
I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.
Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when you're not feeling very well, or as a child.
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.
I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.