Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

Once I start work on a project, I donâ€™t stop and I donâ€™t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I donâ€™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 â€œI… — 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
Arenâ€™t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandoraâ€™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 â€“ 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
I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves. — Marjane Satrapi
At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest tales… — Patricia A. McKillip
The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his… — Ursula K. Le Guin
People arenâ€™t interested in the truth, Dafar. Theyâ€™re interested in what keeps them safe. Theyâ€™re interested in being looked after. Theyâ€™re interested in a tale… — Melina Marchetta
If there is one â€˜constantâ€™ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation. — Jack Zipes
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My… — Beatrix Potter
Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches. — Willa Cather
They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green… — Stephen King
I'm a romantic and I kinda believed in this fairy tale. And in some ways I think that's always been to my advantage, because like… — Katy Perry

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