"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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I like stories where women save themselves.

More Neil Gaiman quotes
"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 ...
"He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself safe and whole as he tried. H...
"You don’t need princes to save you. I don’t have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.
"She's as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death.
"There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.
"Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.
"I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.