Quotes Tagged With :fables

The piano—that, too, was an adventure. A little girl tried to learn to play it. Her mother insisted,....

How can I tell a story we already know too well? Her name was Africa. His was France. He colonized her,....

It's in my blood, as magic is in yours." His mouth is still smiling, but his tone is somber. "I couldn't....

They all went to Bobbi and tried to reasonThey told him because of the cold winter, it was a bad seasonThey....

One day, Billy sat homeafter work and prayed,'Why oh why did you create methis way?The lion looked at....

The cracks grew over him like vines, faster and faster. At first he bucked, whinnying metallic screeches.....

The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson:....

That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about....

. . . the mysteries, on belief in which theology would hang the destinies of mankind, are cunningly devised....

our situation reminded me of a fable I had read somewhere. Chased by a tiger, a man slips and falls over....