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title: "10 Kind Story Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Kind Story quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Kind Story sayings and thoughts."
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> [“ He smiled is a good line for almost any kind of story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/he-smiled-is-a-good-line-for-almost-any-kind-of-story/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/maggie-stiefvater-76_good_he-smiled-is-a-good-line-for-almost-any_1990629.png)

> [“Jessica, falling in love can’t always be a happily ever after or a once in a lifetime kind of story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-perez/jessica-falling-in-love-can-t-always-be-a-happily-ever-after-or-a/)

[Kathryn Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-perez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/kathryn-perez-15831_falling_jessica-falling-in-love-can-t-always-be_35772.jpg)

> [That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-farmer/that-was-the-best-kind-of-story-when-the-teller-was-as-much-under-its/)

[Nancy Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-farmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/nancy-farmer-12001_kind_that-was-the-best-kind-of-story-when-the_2012641.png)

> ['Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bastianich/restaurant-man-is-kind-of-the-story-an-unabridged-story-of-what/)

[Joe Bastianich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bastianich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/joe-bastianich-11198_bad_restaurant-man-is-kind-of-the-story-an-u_256611.jpg)

> [“But it was the kind of story that doesn't go away after the first time you tell it so you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/but-it-was-the-kind-of-story-that-doesn-t-go-away-after-the-first/)

[Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/jack-gantos-14183_first-time_but-it-was-the-kind-of-story-that-doesn_1335566.png)

> [Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/stories-in-themselves-are-not-automatically-good-it-has-to-be-the/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/douglas-wilson-2686_kind_stories-in-themselves-are-not-automatica_1455801.png)

> [ Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker … \[I\]t does seem, dear, that this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/dad-and-i-did-not-care-at-all-for-your-story-in-the-new-yorker-i-t/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/shirley-jackson-1526_care_dad-and-i-did-not-care-at-all-for-your-s_1038040.jpg)

> [And for better or worse, a story like 'Pieces of April' is the kind of story I'm supposed to tell. The kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hedges/and-for-better-or-worse-a-story-like-pieces-of-april-is-the-kind-of/)

[Peter Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hedges/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/peter-hedges-5212_april_and-for-better-or-worse-a-story-like-pie_2095703.jpg)

> [“It was the kind of story everybody likes, about a tough girl who becomes a truer version of herself by uncovering her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kraus/it-was-the-kind-of-story-everybody-likes-about-a-tough-girl-who/)

[Chris Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kraus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/chris-kraus-11419_expectations-of-wome_it-was-the-kind-of-story-everybody-likes_2764545.jpg)

> [I grew up falling in love with kind of story, amazing, wonder tale of the East, which if you're a child growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-grew-up-falling-in-love-with-kind-of-story-amazing-wonder-tale-of/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/salman-rushdie-153_children_i-grew-up-falling-in-love-with-kind-of-s_1664072.jpg)

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