"I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic"
- Amy Tan
About this Quote
Amy Tan's quote speaks to her love of dark and gothic stories as a kid. She delighted in the grimmer fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, as well as the gruesome gothic tales. She discovered the Bible stories to be particularly gothic, as they often consisted of dark and violent aspects. This quote talks to the power of storytelling, and how it can mesmerize and transfer us to various worlds. It also speaks to the value of stories in our lives, as they can assist us to understand the world around us. Amy Tan's quote is a tip of the power of stories, and how they can shape our lives and our understanding of the world.
This quote is written / told by Amy Tan somewhere between February 19, 1952 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
The author also have 31 other quotes.
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land"
"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to"
"Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness"
"A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel"
