Storytelling Quote by Tana French

“Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of…

— Joseph Conrad

“Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of your mind, waiting for our call. We…

— Stanley Kunitz

“When we hear tell of a great act or a great life, whether it be contemporary or a myth from the past, it reminds…

— Richard Rudd

“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold -…

— Howard Carter

“O blindness of the great! They go their way like gods, Great over bent backs, Sure of hired fists, Trusting in the power Which…

— Bertolt Brecht

“Here the children have a custom. After the celebration of evil they take those vacant heads that shone once with such anguish and glee…

— Margaret Atwood

“For every culture-hero living out his myth, there must be a witness willing to pass the story on. Then”

— Michael Muhammad Knight

“Then Elka stepped up beside me. Our transformation from two filthy castoffs was staggering. She was carved out of glittering ice. And I was…

— Lesley Livingston

“My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of the Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before the sun…

— James Fenimore Cooper

“There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond…

— Aprilynne Pike

“They were myths I once believed, and now they were beliefs I felt were myths.”

— John Fante

“So they stood upon the shores of Faith and felt the old dogmas and certainties ebbing away rapidly under their feet and between their…

— David Lodge