Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western… — Carlos Fuentes
As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories… — Khaled Hosseini
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things. — Tom Waits
So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?" Uhh...… — Yann Martel
I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the… — Piers Anthony
You know the message you're sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You're telling the world, 'I give up. I can't compete in normal… — Jerry Seinfeld
Trying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife. — J I Packer
I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost… — Jonathan Kozol
Telling some stories, Miss Leroy says, is committing suicide. — Chuck Palahniuk
We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth… — Jeanette Winterson
I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other… — Erwin McManus
A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me. It's as if… — Margaret Atwood
Then the writing became so fluid that I sometimes felt as if I were writing for the sheer pleasure of telling a story, which may… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What I said yesterday didn't mean anything! I love everyone in the flock! Plus, it was the Valium talking!" "Uh-huh. You just keep telling yourself… — James Patterson
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing… — Jodi Picoult
He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked about how evolution… — Greg Iles
Something about telling that story made my gut grow back together." What?" Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." That's who you really like. The people… — John Green
She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was… — Mary Balogh
When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished. — James Patterson
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to… — Marcus Aurelius
Can a dream be wrong? Aren't dreams God's way of telling you things? — Ellen Hopkins
This is the meanest thing anyone’s ever done to me,” I said, through my tear-clogged throat. “I want you to know that.” But even as… — Jennifer Weiner
You’re going to tell me that last night shouldn’t have happened.” No. I’m glad it happened. For too long, I’ve been telling myself that I… — Claudia Gray
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling… — Richard Paul Evans
...I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills… — Henry James

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