Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

In the end it will not matter how we have told our story, but only how God sees it.

The Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 1-24

A One-Liner used at the right time and at the right place will create a greater impact than any story ever told in the world.

Birthplace of Happiness

A One-Liner used at the right time and at the right place will create a greater impact than any story every told in the world.

Birthplace of Happiness

Funny how people that don't believe in nothin' are so quick to believe every crazy story about people like us.

Brother Odd

I'm Valerie Rye,' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Nature paces its change in gradual steps, and in this time of renewal, I danced in sync to the rhythm of life.

Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story

Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore.

Bark: Stories

Our wounds are not a measure of one individual’s sad fate, but an indication of our unity with others.

Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story

I been running up a bill with the devil ever since, and now he's come to collect on the debt.

Bountiful Creek: a legendary love story

We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.

Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

Life is about putting on hats. You have to know which ones you wear best.

A Bright New Morning: An American Story

The world is a beautiful place, you just don't see it all the time.

A Bright New Morning: An American Story

Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.

Beatrice and Virgil

Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is color that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.

Beatrice and Virgil

But you're an artist. you should know there's more to a story than the part happening right now.

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

Octavia E. Butler

I used to just daydream all the time about being in movies, from the age of, like, four onwards. I would sit down and watch movies with my father and my grandfather, and always pretended that I was in the stories.

Aneurin Barnard

A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long enough, one could base an entire oeuvre on the lives that weave in and out of an antique house.

Anita Shreve

I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

Brian Selznick

I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences.

Dean Stockwell

I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.

Elizabeth Debicki