Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and… — James Joyce
[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult realization, of a… — Joseph Campbell
No shame in saying that I felt a loneliness drifting through me. Funny how it was, everyone perched in their own little world with the… — Colum McCann
The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story. — Anita Diament
It was love, she thought, love that never clutch its object; but, like the love which mathematicians bear their symbols, or poets their phrases, was… — Virginia Woolf
[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. “So Dex, how’s come you’re still alive to tell the tale?” Dexter wiped up… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark. — Cassandra Clare
We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we… — Terry McMillan
Yet, there was once a king worthy of that name. That king was Arthur. It is paramount disgrace of this evil generation that the name… — Stephen R. Lawhead
True love was forever lost. The prince was never coming back to kiss me awake from my enchanted sleep. I was not a princess, after… — Stephenie Meyer
The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted… — Walter Mosley
TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young, and the Thames… — Rudyard Kipling
Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has a miserable, dangerous,… — Laurell K. Hamilton
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
I know you know the tale of Baby June You know the way she could deliver a tune She was a killer in a petticoat… — Terry Moore
The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale... — Vera Nazarian
Therefore I tell my sorrows to the stones; Who, though they cannot answer my distress, Yet in some sort they are better than the tribunes,… — William Shakespeare
It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know… — Annie Dillard
For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And they’re seen… — Jennifer Rardin
You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and… — Marian Keyes
You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his soul… — Karen Maitland
Uh-uh, dude. I tried it your way with the dating and the girls and the kissing and the drama, and man, I didn't like it.… — John Green
He used to talk to me about Russia all the time and had sworn up and down that I'd love it here. "To you, it'd… — Richelle Mead
Oh yeah. That's why. Like a fairy tale. I was marrying the Prince. I just happened to be in love with the pauper. — Amanda Hocking
Love in the real world doesn’t usually work out the way stories make us think it should. We don’t always get fairy-tale endings. People split… — Richelle Mead

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