Quotes of: Long-story Keyword

Isn't it true that if you stare into the eyes of a cobra, the fear has another side to it? The fear is lessened as you begin to see the essence of the beauty.

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

You could make mistakes when you lived together because you knew you'd wake up the next morning with another chance.

Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York

But sometimes we are not drawn to that which is different from what we know and fear. Sometimes we are drawn to that which is exactly the same.

An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

Over time our tears will help heal the pain and soothe the hurt.

It's Okay to Cry: Warm, Compassionate Stories That Help You Find Hope and Healing After the Death of a Pet

I am a living soul dwelling on a planet that is afloat in a universe radiant with life. I feel so small and at the same time so uniquely privileged to partake in that inconceivable mystery.

Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

According to Hannah, real life just happens, whereas stories make sense. When you put real life in print, she says, you show it up for the pointless mess it really is.

Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories

Sometimes you can learn, even from a bad experience. By coping you become stronger. The pain does not go away, but it becomes manageable.

The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

I woke with my name singing in my ears. It was a beautiful sound, music unlike any in the world. It made me wish that everything could have such a name. Not just people, but animals and villages, and roads and kingdoms, even mountains.

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin

We didn't have sense enough to take care of it. Now it's torn. And the artist is dead.

The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1

Recalling his first dreams of flight when he was a small child, Max acknowledged that his entire existence had been building up to this tipping point where he could finally choose to release his self-imposed limitations.

Snooze: A Story of Awakening

With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him before—simultaneously impressed and unnerved at the thought that, after all these years, he still knew so little about him.

Snooze: A Story of Awakening

It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me in the sunshine; I am in it as the butterfly in the light-laden air. Nothing has to come; it is now. Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography

Success for a woman means absolute surrender, in whatever direction. Whether she paints a picture, or loves a man, there is no division of labor possible in her economy. To the attainment of any end worth living for, a symmetrical sacrifice of her na...

The Story of Avis

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change. But the more times you tell it, the more changes will occur. A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts

South of Broad

Before Gutenberg, libraries were small -- the Cambridge University library had only 122 volumes in 1424, for instance; after Gutenberg literacy became widespread.

The Story of the Bible: The Fascinating History of Its Writing, Translation & Effect on Civilization

Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued passions for overwhelming beauty, and a hunger for meaning beyond the flavors that e...

Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

When we start to realize how amazing God's story is, a question naturally arises: "Who am I that I should get to be a part of the greatest story ever told?

Spiritual Parenting: An Awakening for Today's Families

Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look inside many. We have to believe. We agree to be disappointed sometimes so that we can be exhilarated every now and again.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I