“I love your stories. Tell me a story, Idgie. Go on, you old bee charmer. Tell me a good tall tale. Tell me the one about the lake. ~Ruth Jamison”
“You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.”
“Tell me a story then...keep me occupied.""A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?""Insight," said the king, "Go on.”
“Please tell me you did not bring me out here so you could tell me a very boring story about your sister.”
“Everyone has a story to tell...Tell me yours and I'll tell you mine.”
“Tell me a story. / In this century, and moment, of mania, tell me a story. / Make it a story of great distances, and starlight. / The name of the story will be time, / But you must not speak its name. / Tell me a story of deep delight.”