You all have stories, Sandy said. And we have secrets

“I believe, and now I suspect we’re more alike than I’d imagined.” She raised her right hand. “You shall have my word,” she said.…

— Kathleen O'Dell

“smile again, something older, colder than reptilian, cold as the oldest brain of all speaking, short wordless bursts, the back of the back of…

— Kathe Koja

“On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?' Hobbins lifted a…

— George R.R. Martin

“When I asked the mayor if flood insurance rates had gone up after Sandy, he said, “Not really.” This is how disaster relief works…

— Jeff Goodell

Love can keep secrets but intemacy exposes all myths

— Abraham Anyadike

In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles…

— Julia Glass

“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to…

— Arundhati Roy

Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

— Alice Hoffman

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

— Damon Lindelof

Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes, pleased with…

— Charles Fort

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

— Chuck Palahniuk

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.

— John Berger

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine