Storytelling Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader total surrender; so long as he is in its world, there must be for…

— W.H. Auden

“I hate it when everyone is so noble and good in a story that you can't imagine it being true at all.”

— Patricia Finney

“Most importantly, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good…

— Daniel Kahneman

“It is written that the earth belongs to those who have fair skins and hard but foolish hearts.”

— Jose Conrad

“Some stories simply touch us more deeply as they reach right into our hearts, settle there, and never leave.”

— Kate Fagan

“More, much more, will happen after this. Things involving maps and books and true love and tragedy, tragedy like you wouldn't believe. But fine…

— Deb Caletti

“We come to life in the middle of stories that are not ours.”

— Paul Elie

“If we told every story from the middle, we would never appreciate happy endings.”

— Jessica Brody

“A beautiful tale is pleasantly interesting, but a tale re-told is not only sweeter but lacks the bitter truth.”

— Uzoma Nnadi

“So long as there is a middle, there is a story.”

— Andrew Zurcher

“It was a great peace, as if the earth had been one grave, and for a time I stood there thinking mostly of the…

— Joseph Conrad

“The best stories, however, are living things, and as much as we may cherish the original, the true act of love comes in the…

— Anne Boyd Rioux