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The source, according to Knickerbocker, of the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which he tells at a business meeting in New York that Knickerbocker attends. When he is asked about the moral of the story, he responds with a nonsensical logical syllogism that nevertheless suggests that reality might be just as strange as the supernatural. Irving also uses the storyteller as another way to blur history and storytelling, and raise questions about both.
Storyteller Quotes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The The Legend of Sleepy Hollow quotes below are all either spoken by Storyteller or refer to Storyteller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“That there is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures—provided we will but take a joke as we find it:
That, therefore, he that runs races with goblin troopers is likely to have rough riding of it.
Ergo, for a country schoolmaster to be refused the hand of a Dutch heiress is a certain step to high preferment in the state.”
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“Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one-half of it myself.”
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Storyteller Quotes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The The Legend of Sleepy Hollow quotes below are all either spoken by Storyteller or refer to Storyteller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
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“That there is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures—provided we will but take a joke as we find it:
That, therefore, he that runs races with goblin troopers is likely to have rough riding of it.
Ergo, for a country schoolmaster to be refused the hand of a Dutch heiress is a certain step to high preferment in the state.”
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“Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one-half of it myself.”
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