55 Quotes by Jonathan Auxier

Not everything old and ugly is wicked.

A well-spun tale can transport listeners away from their humdrum lives and return them with an enlarged sense of the world.

In a moment of terrible heartbreak, he (The Sweep) had taught her to see wonder.

The Victorian era was perhaps the last point in Western history when magic and science were allowed to coexist.

When a population loses its stories, it loses its capacity for wonder - what remains is a life of drudgery and toil

What's a storyteller but someone who asks folks to believe in impossible things?

And even though they had eaten nothing, the girl still ended her day with a belly full of story—which sticks to the ribs even better than mutton.

A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.

Gifts are meant to be left behind, not waved under a person's nose like a boast. It's a very private thing to open a present, and a person deserves to do it in his own way.