Famous quotes containing the word story:
“For I could tell you a story which is true;
I know a lady with a terrible tongue,
Blear eyes fallen from blue,
All her perfections tarnishedand yet it is not long
Since she was lovelier than any of you.”
—John Crowe Ransom (18881974)
“A gorgeous example of denial is the story about the little girl who was notified that a baby brother or sister was on the way. She listened in thoughtful silence, then raised her gaze from her mothers belly to her eyes and said, Yes, but who will be the new babys mommy?”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)
“The history of mens opposition to womens emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
—Virginia Woolf (18821941)
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