Tale Quotes

724 quotes by 559 authors

'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the… — Margaret Atwood
You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but power tends to… — Margaret Atwood
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale… — Amy Adams
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of… — Lord Byron
History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities. — Graydon Carter
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. — Hans Christian Andersen
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. — Hans Christian Andersen
...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's told for companionship… — Jack Kerouac
Never trust the teller, trust the tale. — D. H. Lawrence
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the… — Li-Young Lee
I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a… — John Stamos
And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never… — D. H. Lawrence
I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and the Kangaroo'. Then,… — Gore Vidal
Only the fairy tale equates changelessness with happiness...Permanence means paralysis and death. Only, in movement, with all its pain, is life. — Jacob Burckhardt
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me. — Walter Scott
I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with… — Isak Dinesen
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare
The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell. — Adrienne Rich

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