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title: "4 Longest Story Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Geoffrey Chaucer, the first author in the English language, devoted the longest story in The Canterbury Tales to the Asian conqueror Genghis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-weatherford/geoffrey-chaucer-the-first-author-in-the-english-language-devoted-the/)

[Jack Weatherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-weatherford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/jack-weatherford-17286_books_geoffrey-chaucer-the-first-author-in-the_461448.jpg)

> [“I know this is like the longest story ever, but I really just wanted you to know the other side. (And besides,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-benway/i-know-this-is-like-the-longest-story-ever-but-i-really-just-wanted/)

[Robin Benway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-benway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/robin-benway-12717_my-quotes_i-know-this-is-like-the-longest-story-ev_765094.jpg)

> [The reason I love comics more than anything else is that the longest story will be just a few pages. With a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-aragones/the-reason-i-love-comics-more-than-anything-else-is-that-the-longest/)

[Sergio Aragones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-aragones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/sergio-aragones-18086_book_the-reason-i-love-comics-more-than-anyth_825753.jpg)

> [“Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernand-braudel/civilization-is-in-fact-the-longest-story-of-all-civilization-can/)

[Fernand Braudel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernand-braudel/)

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