There can be a lot of longevity in the repetition of things being told again and again in a variety of ways.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

I always wanted to be a character, when I worked at Disney, but I wasn't short enough for certain characters and I wasn't tall enough for others. I wanted to be a chipmunk; I think 4'10" was the cutoff.

Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

The origin of each story is unique.