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There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.

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Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.

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Being brave doesn't mean you're not scared.

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Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.

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...Minnesota, Wisconsin, all around there... has the kind of women I liked when I was younger. Pale-skinned and blue-eyed, hair so fair it's almost wh...more

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There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life,” said Spider. “These things are wine,...more

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To bite off your shadow is neither easy nor painless. It demands a single-mindedness that is almost unknown in this day.

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It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were ther...more

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I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.

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Because," she said, "when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.

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And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Coraline to the cat. ‘It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t s...more

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She looked at the girl in the mirror and the girl in the mirror looked back at her. I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.

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Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky.

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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

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Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are currency that we share with those who walked the world ...more