Children Quote by Claire King

“We are the stories we tell about ourselves. But when those stories are lies, we are the most surprised of all.”

— Brent Weeks

“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.”

— M. Kirin

“Feeling very surprised too at myself. I knew what was happening, O my brothers. I was like growing up.”

— Anthony Burgess

“What came next is very hard to tell. Indeed, I have told it but once before, when I needed to, and I will tell…

— Juliet Marillier

“Surprise is like virginity. You only get the one chance at using it, and that normally turns out a crushing disappointment”

— Joe Abercrombie

“there is something intriguing about knowing how things are going to turn out, but being constantly surprised about how they'll get there.”

— Jael McHenry

“You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat…

— Sherwood Anderson

“Well, my story, surely, would furnish out a surprising kind of novel, if it were to be well told.”

— Samuel Richardson

“constantly astonished myself with these girls. Astonished that I had the words to express my long-buried stories. Astonished that I allowed them to see…

— Marie Benedict

“We all tell stories--to ourselves and to each other. Some of learn to tell only the most interesting bits.”

— Shannon Donnelly

“I turned to discover the faint smile of the bookseller's niece. Her voice was pure crystal, transparent and so fragile I feared that her…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Well, the one positive thing about being a pregnant teen was that I was going to bust everyone’s expectations so badly that maybe I…

— Gaia B. Amman