Storytelling Quotes

The Storyteller: Well, this king woke up the next morning after a night of the kind of dreams you only dream about. And he opened his eyes and almost yanked off his ear because he found himself under a tree which certainly wasn't where he'd fallen asleep. And more confusing: it was a tree from which he could see the edge of his kingdom. And he began to dance as only kings once lost and then found can dance: a jigg, a jiggle-joggle and a leap.

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Catherine: It was confessional, yet dishonest. Jane pretends to be horrified by the sexuality that she in fact fetishizes. She subsumes herself to the myth of black male potency, but then doesn't follow through. She thinks she 'respects Afro-Americans,' she thinks they're 'cool,' 'exotic,' what a notch he 'd make in her belt, but, of course, it all comes down to mandingo cliché, and he calls her on it. In classic racist tradition she demonizes, then runs for cover. But then, how could she behave otherwise? She's just a spoiled suburban white girl with a Benneton rainbow complex. It's just my opinion, and what do I know... but I think it's a callow piece of writing.

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The Storyteller: [to his dog] If you itch, you can think of me.

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The Storyteller: There was one among the mourners who's heart was ice, who's soul was cold, who's smile was sly. Who's brain raced ahead to the day when the king would want to ease his loneliness. And the which, for which she was, fixed her dry eyes on the king and schemed.
Witch: Mine...
The Storyteller: She schemed...
Witch: Mine, all mine. And you may well weep.

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The Storyteller: Next day, a proclamation rings out around the palace:
Storyteller's Dog: The prince will marry the girl who fits the golden slipper. Feh!
The Storyteller: Well, she thinks, what was true of the finger, is true of the foot. She was cursed by the ring, can she be blessed with the slipper?

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