Who said “The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is…”?

“Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.”

“Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.”

“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”

“In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood. Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison; and we will all come to the end together, and even to the beginning: living, as we do, in the middle.”

“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say -- and to feel -- ''Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.''”

“The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.”

“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.”

“Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.”

“Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.”

“Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.”

“The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.”