• cerement@slrpnk.net
    139·
    3 months ago

    “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

    —G.K. Chesterton paraphrased by Neil Gaiman, “The Red Angel”, Tremendous Trifles (1909)

    • MindTravellerEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I got a better one

      Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be friends