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Quotes from Kinder- und Hausmärchen — Brothers Grimm

1785–1863 Germany

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In the days when wishing still helped, an old witch with her magic imprisoned a prince in a cast-iron stove deep in the forest.

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812)

When they came closer, they saw that the house was made of bread, and the roof was made of cake and the windows of sparkling sugar.

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812)

"Well, Your Majesty, what's my name?"
She started by asking: "Is it Tom?"
"No".
"Is it Dick?"
"No".
"Could it be Rumpelstiltskin?"
"The Devil told you that! The Devil told you that!" the little man screamed.

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Brothers Grimm (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.