3 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quotes on Stories

Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotes on stories

19. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.

125. Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense.

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