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Image of Jack Zipes
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since.
- Jack Zipes
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Image of Diane Setterfield
Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.
- Diane Setterfield
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Image of N.K. Jemisin
Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop this. It's undignified.
- N.K. Jemisin
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Image of Anne Tyler
Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.
- Anne Tyler
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Image of Marissa Meyer
Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.
- Marissa Meyer
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Image of Wim Wenders
Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie.
- Wim Wenders
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Image of Adam Gidwitz
Once upon a time, fairy tales were AWESOME!
- Adam Gidwitz
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Image of Herta Muller
Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.
- Herta Muller
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Image of John D. Barrow
There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.
- John D. Barrow
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Image of John D. Barrow
Once upon a time there was no Time.
- John D. Barrow
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Image of Stephane Simian
Once upon a time, there were only three or four dominant women. Now, there are 10 to 15 who can vie for a Grand Slam.
- Stephane Simian
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Image of Stephen Mitchell
Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.
- Stephen Mitchell
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Image of Jonathan Gottschall
We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a time.'
- Jonathan Gottschall
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Image of Craig Stone
Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.
- Craig Stone
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Image of Lorraine Hansberry
Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.
- Lorraine Hansberry
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Image of Emilie Autumn
Once upon a time is now.
- Emilie Autumn
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Image of Dan Harmon
Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.
- Dan Harmon
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Image of Haruki Murakami
Everything, everything seemed once-upon-a-time.
- Haruki Murakami
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Image of Gertrude Stein
Once upon a time the world was round, and you could go on it around and around.
- Gertrude Stein
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Image of Philip Pullman
For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.
- Philip Pullman
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Image of Anna Pavlova
Once upon a time the English knew who they were.
- Anna Pavlova
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Image of Helen Oyeyemi
That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.
- Helen Oyeyemi
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Image of Elie Wiesel
Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
- Elie Wiesel
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Image of Gertrude Stein
Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary.
- Gertrude Stein
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Image of Francesca Lia Block
Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong?
- Francesca Lia Block
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Image of George Burns
What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
- George Burns
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Image of Vivian Gornick
Just as once upon a time you could make the experience of religion or nature a great metaphor, so now it is with love. It's just not the kind of thing you can put at the center of a work of literature and have it really reveal us to ourselves.
- Vivian Gornick
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Image of Paul Celan
rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.
- Paul Celan
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Image of Jimmy Buffett
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.
- Jimmy Buffett
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Image of Kate DiCamillo
The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.
- Kate DiCamillo
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Image of Charles de Lint
Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.
- Charles de Lint
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Image of Stephen King
There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time.
- Stephen King
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