Jane Yolen: Quotes about addiction

Jane Yolen is American speculative fiction and children's writer. Explore interesting quotes on dependency.

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“Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends… on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.”

Jane Yolen book Briar Rose

Source: Briar Rose

““Will you write the story?”
“If there is one.”
“Happy ending or no?” He was serious.
She attempted a smile. “Fairy tales always have a happy ending.”
He leaned back in his chair. “That depends.”
“On what?”
“On whether you are Rumplestiltskin or the Queen.””

Jane Yolen book Briar Rose

Source: Briar Rose (1992), Chapter 16 (p. 91)

“Fifteen years can be a long or a short time, depending upon whether one is immortal or not.”

Source: Short fiction, Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985), The Thirteenth Fey (p. 39)