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The Fairy Tale of My Life quotes

5 quotes from The Fairy Tale of My Life by Hans Christian Andersen, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
— Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, trans. Mary Howitt (1847), Chapter I
he complied with my wishes, and wrote his name close up to the edge of the paper. I felt very badly, for it came immediately to my mind that he did this because he did not know me
— Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of My Life (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871)
Sit down a minute; I have just now a visit from my muse; she will be going directly.
— Alexandre Dumas, as Andersen reports him · Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, trans. Mary Howitt (1847)
When you say anything so polite as that which you have just said to me, to a Frenchwoman, she will always think that you speak well.
— Rachel, as Andersen reports her · Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, trans. Mary Howitt (1847)
I must go there and see the fairy tale of our time.
— Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of My Life (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871)

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