“ I could end this with a moral,as if this were a fable about animals,though no fables are really about animals. Margaret Atwood
“ Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say… C. JoyBell C.
“ Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in yo… Cormac McCarthy
“ First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs. Peter Ellis
“ Simply thinking creatively is not the same as being innovative, and only those who risk breaking out of their comfort zone by putting thought into action will discover the profusion of opportunity tha… Michael Lum
“ Christian Fiction is like a parable. The story is made up, but the truth is brought to life. Enjoy the story, but savor the truth. Mary Ann Brantley
“ One example is the familiar parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), which in some ways might be better called the parable of the elder brother. For the point of the parable as a whole - a point f… Jaroslav Pelikan
“ The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religi… Frederick Buechner
“ The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term w… Philip José Farmer
“ A young man was sitting at home when a terrible rainstorm began. Within hours, the man’s house began to flood, and someone came to his door offering a ride to higher ground. The man declined, saying,… J.D. Vance
“ I follow suit, said the lion, vacating his coat of arms and movie logos; and the eagle said, Get me off this flag. Margaret Atwood
“ The calf is capable of walking quite well now," Dazu said. "He never stumbles.""But I told you to carry him back here," the teacher said. "The first thing a soldier must learn is to obey orders."Every… Ken Liu
“ We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a parable when I was younger, about a father who lifts his young son onto his back… Greg M. Epstein
