There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best…

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

— O. Henry

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“I believe that we don't choose our stories," she began, leaning forward. "Our stories choose us." She paused and took a sip of water.…

— Dani Shapiro

A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.

— Dashiell Hammett

“If these yarns were trash - and millions of parents must have regarded them as such - then they were the best of all…

— Don Hutchison

“It starts with a craving to fill the long evening downslant. There will be whole wide days of watching winter drag her skirts cross…

— Barbara Kingsolver

As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Agatha Christie called her books 'yarns'. A good yarn is very readable.”

— Barbara Bothwell

“Stories come in all different kinds." Hester scooted closer, clearly enjoying the subject at hand. "There's tales, which are light and fluffy. Good for…

— Jonathan Auxier

On a park bench on 12th street, my whole crew's famous, you try bust your gat and keep it rel but you nameless

— Prodigy

Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.

— J. Patrick Lewis

Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard…

— Gene Spafford

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of…

— Maya Angelou

Budapest in late May is a city of lilacs. The sweet, languid, rather sleepy smell of lilacs wafts everywhere. And it is a city…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“For awhile, I was left with nothing on the physical plane. I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I…

— Eckhart Tolle