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"Fairytales don't tell children that dragons exist.

Children already know that dragons exist.

Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed."

G.K. Chesterton.

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Hercules at the Feet of Omphale by Édouard Joseph Dantan (1874)

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"A soft wind caresses my skin as you grin, I would almost think that you are reaching out to me.. touching me with the softest breath of beauty the way a storm touches the sea."

Your smile touches my soul the way fingers never could, your smile grows inside my heart like trees grow with wood.. growth of beauty rains on my insides with the soft glow of sunshine - eUë

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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to reach out not knowing whether the hand you want to hold will open to receive yours.

e.v.e.

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If Sufjan stevens liked Illinois so much why didn’t he write a song about the time my brother lost his iPod nano in the Chicago children’s museum ball pit and I wished on the first star I saw that night that it would be under my pillow when I woke up the next morning so I could give it back to him and when it wasn’t there I became disillusioned from the idea that the universe would manifest something for you if you wanted it terribly badly enough because it was fair the wishing star couldn’t give me a pet horse like I’d previously wished but this was such a simple and earnest request

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Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Leon Gerome (1890)

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The Poppy Fairy by Luis Ricardo Falero (1888)

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Antique Pumpkin Doll Pincushion

Late 19thC

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Hampton Court Palace

Photo by me

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