“tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale. — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.” — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“At last, after all the tale telling and all the yarn spinning, after the smoke screens and the trick mirrors and the… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader total surrender; so long as he is in its world, there must… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special. — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If a tale we're reading or watching on screen is too familiar, it becomes boring; we know the end from the beginning… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Life is not at all what you might think it to be A simple tale where each thing has its history It's… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Tale as old as time, true as it may be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends unexpectedly. Just a little change, small… — Beauty And The Beast Copy Share Image
Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
“To you this tale refers, Who seek to lead your mind Into the upper day, For he who overcomes should Turn back… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Any consideration of the story we call 'Cinderella' for simplicity's sake must acknowledge that 'Cinderella' has had a dizzying array of personae… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
Chapter 6- Living in a fairy tale. So next few day were about the same. We would get up, eat, and go… — Jade Copy Share Image
“The ship started a school of fliers that skipped along the wave tops like shining silver coins. "These are the ghosts of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum,… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
That's how you get deathless, volchitsa. Walk the same tale over and over, until you wear a groove in the world, until… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
