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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
Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a purpose is to… — Steven Weinberg
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed landscape… — Ivan Chtcheglov
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
Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help them… — Marina Warner
Romance, in its earliest surviving form, was called ‘erotika pathemata’ by the Greeks - tales of erotic suffering. — Marina Warner
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
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival… — 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
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no… — Camilla Lackberg
A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were… — Linda Hogan
Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales, even where it… — Charlotte Mason
There have been brilliant satires about the tax bureaucracy before, from the Beatles song ‘The Taxman’ to the film ‘Harry’s War,’ but in some ways… — John Fund

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