Stories ought not to be just little bits of
fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning of the
human race stories have been used - by priests, by bards, by medicine men - as
magic instruments of healing, of teaching, as a means of helping people come to
terms with the fact that they continually have to face insoluble problems and
unbearable realities.
– Joan Aiken.
– Joan Aiken.
