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Hans Christian Andersen, Little Thumbelina
So the leaf swam away with her farther and farther, till it brought her to other lands. A graceful little white butterfly constantly fluttered round her and at last alighted on the leaf.”
Hans Christian Andersen, Little Thumbelina
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The Brothers Grimm, Cinderella
So this is love. So this is what makes life divine. I’m all aglow”
The Brothers Grimm, Cinderella
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Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics – The Distance of the Moon
There was always a flight of tiny creatures – little crabs, squid, and even some weeds, light and filmy, and coral plants – that broke from the sea and ended up on the Moon, hanging down from that lime-white ceiling”
Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics – The Distance of the Moon
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Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade”
Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
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L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
If the sleeper is not carried away from the scent of the flowers, he sleeps on and on forever.”
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Lewis Carroll, Through the looking-glass
Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!”
“Well, now that we have seen each other”, said the unicorn, “if you’ll believe in me, i’ll believe in you.”
Lewis Carroll, Through the looking-glass
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J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan