Quotes of: Real-story Keyword

Children seem to need, then, a delicate balance between the realistic and the fantastic in their art; enough of the realistic to know that the story matters, enough of the fantastic to make what matters wonderful

Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories

Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")

The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich

The French doctor - the French, they are a very logical race and make good doctors - says: "M'sieu, they have all been on the wrong track - ("Jane Brown's Body")

The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich

I've been offered proof of God's existence at regular intervals in my life through experiences so profound they've given goose bumps to atheists.

God Stories: Inspiring Encounters with the Divine

Entrepreneurship, with the right mindset, can help anyone reach his goals in life.

GO NEGOSYO: Joey Concepcion's 55 Inspiring Stories of Women Entrepreneurs

What you give away in life always comes back to you in one way or other.

Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life's Journey

What wonderful things dreams are! They can make you be anything you want and take you anyplace in the world.

The Golden Willow: The Story of a Lifetime of Love

There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him; but if he does, superstition perches near.

The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It's loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road.

The Blind Assassin

Even greater than my fear that l was crazy, was my lifelong dread that someone would find out.

Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder

She was wearing a beautiful dress with straps designed to be eaten off her shoulders.

The Book of Happy Endings: True Stories about Finding Love

By the fall of 1918, it was clear that a nation's prosperity, even its very survival, depended on securing a safe, abundant supply of cheap oil.

Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives

There is grace for the unrighteous and the self-righteous alike, and the father loves both sons well.

The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense out of Life

There is a dreamlike quality to the 1936 Basque government, the fulfillment of a historic longing that was to be crushed only nine months later in carnage the scale of which had never before been seen on earth.

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation

I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story.

Blue Nights

For more than two million years man has been a hunter, and he still hasn't found what he wants.

Blind Triangle: A Rare Love Story from the Sixties

Aim High and Hit the Mark

Bahala Na (Come What May): A World War II Story of Love, Faith, Courage, Determination and Survival

I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Bad things can happen, and often do--but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.

The Barbizon Diaries: A Meditation on Will, Purpose, and the Value Of Stories

Our part in life is to persevere and learn as quickly as we can, for our victory depends upon our perception of the world".

The City Heroes and Other Stories from the Heart of Africa

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults.

Margaret Mahy