Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. — Carroll O'Connor Copy Share Image
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
In his dream she was sick and he cared for her. The dream bore the look of sacrifice but he thought differently.… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
You say that if we hadn't just gotten married, you would want to marry Miss Arkansas. Even if she can't spell. She… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
I think, reading the Grimm's fairy tales, they all have some sort of moral component to them, teaching you a lesson. — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite humorist--Mark Twain.… — Gilbert King Copy Share Image
“If you do a good deed to reap the reward of blessings, wouldn't you be performing a selfish act?” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… — George Sand Copy Share Image
This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Today there are no fairy tales for us to believe in, and this is possibly a reason for the universal prevalence of… — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
OTHERBOUND is a web of spells and counterspells, but Corinne Duyvis never loses sight of the bodies, minds and all-too-human emotions that… — Margo Lanagan Copy Share Image
Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever,… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme -… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The traditional educational theory is to the effect that the way to bring up children is to keep them innocent (i.e., believing… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
It is easy to say we believe in God as long as we remain in the little world we choose to live… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face… — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
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