This makes me want to cry.

They're just.. perfect. 

My grandmother had seven brothers. One of them was in the navy, and when he went overseas he got her a book of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. She preserved it, and when I'd go over to hers in the summers, when I was little, she'd give it to me to read. That book was like a window into a magical world; the illustrations were so, so beautiful. My favourite story was Little Ida's Flowers; and The Ugly Duckling was a horrible story but had breathtaking pictures. I've had a soft spot for Andersen ever since.

My sister got a book of Grimm's fairy tales for her birthday a few years ago, and I was delighted to find some familiar names with completely different and twisted stories. And so I love the Grimm brothers. Also, Heath Ledger was in the Grimm Brothers movie. I never could resist a fairy tale.

Jane Austen reminds me of myself, and we sort of have a love-hate relationship. I hate her, and yet there are times when you understand her gravitas and look past the mundaneness and simplicity of her style. She's something.

Lewis Carroll's rhyme. 'Nuf frikkin' said.