“And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the dale.”

“Soon round us spread the hills and dales,
Where GEOFFREY spun his magic tales,
And call'd them history. The land
Whence ARTHUR sprung, and all his band
Of gallant knights. Sire of romance,
Who led the fancy's mazy dance,
Thy tales shall please, thy name still be,
When Time forgets my verse and me.”

“And oft-times cometh our wise Lord God, master of every trade,
And tells them tales of His daily toil, of Edens newly made;
And they rise to their feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid.”

“Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe,
A tale of folly and of wasted life”

“It is the tale, not he who tells it.”

“How easy it is to tell tales!”

“Nearly every tale that men tell of magic and witches and such is born out of foolishness and ignorance and sickness of mind—or is a way of explaining things they do not understand.”

“I shudder as I tell the tale.”
Horresco referens.

“I quail,
E'en now, at telling of the tale.”

“I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables.”