People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. — Edmond de Goncourt Copy Share Image
And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by,… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“There was a nice brown egg, lightly boiled, for each of them, and then sardines on toast, and then buttered toast, and… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Thus, seamed with many scars Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. By true I mean false. It's all lies. But they're… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
Serious skeptics, true believers, and seekers of every stripe will want to read Mitch Horowitz's vibrant, probing, and richly researched account of… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In order to capture Mid-World for new readers, I had to streamline the original tale [ The Gunslinger Born], but I also… — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
I have tried (I am not sure how successfully) to write plain tales. I dare not say they are simple; there is… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I wake each day and try to see what I might do that is of some value and joy. It's a strange… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms.… — Jean Ingelow Copy Share Image
I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, unless the job description included a translation of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, I was dreadfully under-qualified. — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“DEMONS MUST BE RELIGIOUS Due to exorcism based on each religion's practices” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In… — Janet Parshall Copy Share Image
“A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
