Quotes of: True-story Keyword

God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.

Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven

It was an intensely lonely moment, like all of eighth grade condensed into one claustrophobic second.

Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets

I guess this means we're uck-fayed, don't it Mikee?

Dog Water Free, A Memoir: A coming-of-age story about an improbable journey to find emotional truth

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)

Emily Climbs

If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar.

East of Eden

Stephen is my boyfriend," Doug said. "We're gay together." "I'm also gay when we're apart," Stephen added.

The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen

I can't imagine it's easy to like someone, hate them, and then lose them before any of those feelings are resolved.

Four: A Divergent Story Collection

...avacados, prickly pears and papayas used to be gulped down whole, seeds and all, by fridge-sized armadillos called glyptodonts.

The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession

To experience biophilia is to love a diversity that, as limitless as it is fragile, both haunts us and fills us with hope.

The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession

I will not tell you our love story, because-like all real love stories-it will die with us,as it should.

The Fault in Our Stars

The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich

...all a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich

Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.

Gaza Writes Back

Don't be afraid to grow up, Peter. It's only a trap if you forget how to fly.

Grounded: The Untold Story of Peter Pan & Captain Hook

Modernity kills ghostly romance ("The Undying Thing")

Gaslit Nightmares: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Charles Dickens, Richard Marsh, and Others

You are the most ludicrous excuse for a man I've ever known - but there isn't a centimetre of you that I don't think is perfect.

The Greatest Love Story of All Time

I'm eating a massive pastrami sandwich. It's so beautiful I might cry. Just so you know.

The Greatest Love Story of All Time

I was going to write a sharp witty email full of devastating one-liners but I suspect you want something nicer than that

The Greatest Love Story of All Time

I have wandered many roads that I have never traveled; touched many things that my eyes have never seen. It is through stories that life is made, and through stories that life is saved.

Gasoline and Winter