Memorable Quotes from Joerg Stadler
1 quoteDiscussions on Folk Tales and Truths
Grand Dame
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually.
Jacob Grimm
Thank you.
Grand Dame
But I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the Little Cinder Girl.
Jacob Grimm
Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um... magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth.
[laughs]
Wilhelm Grimm
Some claim the shoe was made of fur. Others insist it was glass. Well, I guess we'll never know.
Jacob Grimm
Forgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um... extraordinary.
Grand Dame
Her name was Danielle de Barbarac. And this was her glass slipper. Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight.
[reaches inside the box the footman has brought to her; The Grimm Brothers look at each other in shock]
Wilheim Grimm
Then it's true, the story.
Grand Dame
Yes, quite. Now then, what was that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much.
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