Storytelling Quote by Margaret George

“No lies, I thought, but lots of stories. True stories. True lies. Powerful stories, heroic tales, and cautionary fables.”

— Dorothy Allison

“A story is nothing but a lie. An illusion. And that illusion only works if we trust in it.”

— Anonymous

“All good tales are true tales, at least for those who read them, which is all that counts.”

— Javier Cercas

“Fact is just fiction with different storytellers”

— Abby Slovin

“Tales are not created to tell the truth, the truth as relative as everything else in life”

— أميرة الشربيني Amira Elsherbiny

“Most tales carry a kernel of truth, else they're soon forgotten.”

— Karen Azinger

“Between the lines of every story there is another story, and that is one that is never heard and can only be guessed at…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Great novels are above all great fairy tales . . . literature does not tell the truth but makes it up.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Truth may be mysterious, indeed even paradoxical, but never, never, never contradictory.”

— R.C. Sproul

“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...”

— John Geddes

“People tell stories, and it's up to those who listen whether to believe them or not. It's not the job of the storyteller.”

— Cecelia Ahern

“...just because one can guess the nature of a tale doesn't make it any less worth the telling. One might even find a treasure…

— Sam Westhoek