How does one say something new and not retell?

One of us will just have to stay at the cottage to keep an eye on her.’ […]Let’s see if Widow Hazel wouldn’t take her in during the day, maybe teach her something useful -‘No,...

Our stories are not new; yet, in the retelling we are reborn as heroes.

They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.’Poor Grendel’s had an accident,’ I whisper. ‘So may you all.

She had not meant to name them, but she could not help herself; and having done so she thought, Let their names be symbols that their lives are worth the keeping. Let them struggle a...

Lirralei was a girl of storm–winds and thorns, the musk of the wild rose and the flight of the falcon.

Alice: I didn’t know that cheshire cats grinned. In fact, I didn’t know that cats could grin.Duchess: They can, and most of ’em do.