Book Quote by Umberto Eco

No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it.

— Daniel Quinn

“A short story is not a portrayal of life. When life becomes disconsolate and the fear for the unknown seeps through the holes on…

— Anu Lal

“the whole story was in fact a legend, that is, the burial and discovery of an empty tomb were tales that later Christians invented…

— Bart D. Ehrman

I'm all about the story. And the stories I remember tend to be the ones of sorrow, or family history, or revelation of the…

— Fiona Bruce

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

— Anish Kapoor

Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales,…

— Angela Carter

The meaning of the story is the story.

— Flannery O'Connor

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people…

— Harold Brodkey

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the…

— Damon Lindelof

“Stories come alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight…

— John Connolly

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

— Alan Rickman