The power of the story lies in the event. Not in the words that are used to tell it. – Philip Pullman on the Orpheus myth.
A prohibition, which is present in many fairy tales, is almost what gives the story its power.
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I believe in this so much that sometimes I feel like my story is a true event I am merely retelling.