Yarns Quotes

“Stories come in all different kinds." Hester scooted closer, clearly enjoying the subject at hand. "There's tales, which are light and fluffy. Good for a smile on a sad day. Then you got yarns, which are showy-yarns reveal more about the teller than the story. After that there's myths, which are stories made up by whole groups of people. And last of all, there's legends." She raised a mysterious eyebrow. "Legends are different from the rest on account no one knows where they start. Folks don't tell legends; they repeat them. Over and over again through history.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener: A Spooky Middle Grade Gothic Horror Novel

“This was the power of the story weaver, Nell realized. An ability to conjure color so that all else seemed to fade.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“Agatha Christie called her books 'yarns'. A good yarn is very readable.”
― Barbara Bothwell