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Food for thought: The value of fairy tales


"What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." --G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles (1909).
Hat tip Keanan Brand, who (very impressively, imho) recently recognized a version of this quote at the end of an episode of Criminal Minds. Definately sure I wouldn't have placed it.
(Image: by Ivan Bilibin via Wikipedia; public domain)