---
title: "1 Tell Tale Quotes By Tosca Lee"
description: "1 Tell Tale quotes by Tosca Lee. Plus more from Tosca Lee and more Tell Tale sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg"
---

> [“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to survive a world obsessed with conquest, our actions beyond bedchamber and hearth remembered only when we leave their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-their-own-tale-and-the-priests/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg)

## More by Tosca Lee

> [“Sometime before sleep it occurred to me that the true nature of being without might mean never knowing what one lacked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/sometime-before-sleep-it-occurred-to-me-that-the-true-nature-of-being/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“In the beginning there was God...but for me there was Adam.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/in-the-beginning-there-was-god-but-for-me-there-was-adam/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“You are necessary to that end, and to me...you are all I have of the garden. You are the image of me and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/you-are-necessary-to-that-end-and-to-me-you-are-all-i-have-of-the/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [God has a story to tell about you. A major part of it is you telling yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/god-has-a-story-to-tell-about-you-a-major-part-of-it-is-you-telling/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“I have always contended that girls are the sturdier of the genders and wondered in secret if the One that Is might not best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/i-have-always-contended-that-girls-are-the-sturdier-of-the-genders/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“Go away. Go live out your gnat's existence." "But we're not done!" Her eyes lolled back to me. "Yes, we are." "But--I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/go-away-go-live-out-your-gnat-s-existence-but-we-re-not-done-her-eyes/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“Suffice it to say, we were horrified by the entire concept of dying, even if we weren't the ones with the death sentence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/suffice-it-to-say-we-were-horrified-by-the-entire-concept-of-dying/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to survive a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-their-own-tale-and-the-priests/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“So as I said, the world was mutating," she said, prick, prick, pricking at the cloth, looking up at me once to make sure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/so-as-i-said-the-world-was-mutating-she-said-prick-prick-pricking-at/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“Trust me, at the time nine hundred years seemed frighteningly short - it still does. I really don't know how you cope with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/trust-me-at-the-time-nine-hundred-years-seemed-frighteningly-short-it/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/and-i-know-that-god-made-the-heart-the-most-fragile-and-resilient-of/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“She shrugged. "He sat back, called it good, and rested." I waited. She waited. I raised my brows. "And?" Her mouth curved into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/she-shrugged-he-sat-back-called-it-good-and-rested-i-waited-she/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [“Sweat trickled down my sides inside my sweater. "Why? Why did you do this?" "Because this is your life, Clay: fleeting, ephemeral, and insignificant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/sweat-trickled-down-my-sides-inside-my-sweater-why-why-did-you-do/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [I always hope that readers, of my books, will take away whatever is most meaningful to them wherever they are at right now. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/i-always-hope-that-readers-of-my-books-will-take-away-whatever-is/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

> [I was beloved. I had been hoped for. Somehow, I was necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/i-was-beloved-i-had-been-hoped-for-somehow-i-was-necessary/)

[Tosca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tosca-lee/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Tell Tale Quotes By Tosca Lee",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to survive a world obsessed with conquest, our actions beyond bedchamber and hearth remembered only when we leave their obscurity. And so we become infamous because we were not invisible, the truth of our lives ephemeral as incense.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tosca Lee"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tosca-lee/the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-their-own-tale-and-the-priests/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts…” — Tosca Lee",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/",
            "name": "Tell Tale Quotes by Tosca Lee",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/tosca-lee-19133_history_the-history-keepers-will-no-doubt-tell-t_879467.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Tell Tale quotes by Tosca Lee. Plus more from Tosca Lee and more Tell Tale sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Tell Tale",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Tosca Lee",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/tosca-lee/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```