Quotes of: True-story Keyword

They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens.

East of Eden

veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David

First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters is what you've got in your gut.

Four: A Divergent Story Collection

A lot of the machines that Google is built on—commodity is the polite word for them—they're regular PCs and so they're not always the most reliable.

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

As the poet says, all happy couples are alike, it's the unhappy ones who create the stories. I'm no longer a story. Happiness has made me fade into real life.

The Feast of Love

Christ, they’d be getting a cat next. He mentally recoiled from the idea: the day they did that, he’d cut off his dick and call himself a lesbian.

Four Chances: A Short Story Quartet

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 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

Where are there lots of colors, Colton?" "In Heaven, Dad. That's where all the rainbow colors are!

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

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

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

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