Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

Once the 'portals of the future close - in Amazonia, Siberia or the Arctic - we will find ourselves powerless to affect the outcome of… — Mark Lynas
Why can't love be a fairy tale? — Amy Davis
Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own. — Andrew Mason
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. — Joseph Addison
The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, — Henry Louis Gates
M. J. Putney has created true magic with this book, the kind that comes when you curl up in a comfortable armchair and let the… — Catherine Asaro
These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. — Diane Arbus
THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized… — Robin Hobb
The last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to be a nonsense tale told… — Martin Gardner
The Blood of Heroes is surely the best account to date, one that presents plenty of new insights while acting as a corrective-or at least… — William B. Davis
The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry… — Marc Bloch
I get an incredible thrill and satisfaction from seeing somebody with Apple’s tell-tale white earbuds. But I’m constantly haunted by thoughts of, is it good… — Jonathan Ive
Contrary to what many may think, immortality is not a fairy tale invented to compensate for an unhappy life. — Stephen R. Lawhead
A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather than her violators.… — Unknown Author
ONE BLOOD is a richly detailed, intricately woven tale rendered in lush, evocative prose. This memorable debut heralds Qwantu Amaru as a talent well worth… — Brandon Massey
What they don't know is that I went over the edge years ago, and lived to tell the tale. — Rebecca Wells
Winning an award is a great feeling but winning the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award is particularly exhilarating because it is based upon public voting.… — Ashwin Sanghi
Bear in Mind...that all Histories from the Rock at Plymouth, and Jamestown to the present time, have been made by white men, and a man… — Sam Houston
What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, don’t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out… — Unknown Author
A generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster. — James Berardinelli
Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the… — Ivan Illich
When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read… — Dermot Healy
You see if you tell yourself the same tale over and over again enough times then the tellings become separate stories and you will generally… — Kaye Gibbons
Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws. — Alice Hoffman
Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real… — Alice Hoffman

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