Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind, secretly lives on… — Walter Benjamin
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of… — Sonya Hartnett
They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other… — Erin Morgenstern
I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being, but left… — Clive Barker
This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws. — Ilsa J. Bick
Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin,… — Paulo Coelho
Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in… — Stephen R. Donaldson
There are stories that are true, in which each individual's tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have… — Neil Gaiman
And when we are with Alex, I might as well not be there. They speak in a language of whispers and giggles and secrets; their… — Lauren Oliver
Stories took twists and turns down fairy-tale paths or down very human everyday ones. You think you’re at the end of the book, and it’s… — Deb Caletti
It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these — Neil Gaiman
Johnny was sobbing in shuddering gasps, telling me his small tale of woe, that the world was suddently different, and that he wanted me to… — Juliet Marillier
Stories are thick with meanings. You can fall in love with a story for what you think it says, but you can't know for certain… — Susan Fletcher
Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write every… — Stephen King
That agony returns; And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
SHE is neither pink nor pale, And she never will be all mine; She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like “I… — Richard Siken
He was the most ordinary man in all the world, and yet in her memory he'd become luminous, like the prince in a fairy tale. — Cheryl Strayed
Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a story parents read… — Gena Showalter
Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale. — Dejan Stojanovic
Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not born for a different destiny to the rest of my species: to imagine… — Charlotte Bronte

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