“ My wishes before I die, to fulfill my mission on earth; The writing of my life stories to inspired present and future generations. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again. Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith
“ While Leo fussed over his helm controls, Hazel and Frank relayed the story of the fish-centaurs and their training camp.'Incredible,' Jason said. 'These are really good brownies.''That's your only com… Rick Riordan
“ Because the new the stories we tell, the art we make, the rockets we build, will influence the future that shapes our present. Natasha Tsakos
“ Some people believe in telling stories. Some believe in doing things about which stories will be told in times to come. Sharad Vivek Sagar
“ A myth, in its original Greek meaning- muthos- is simply that: a story, one which seeks to render life transparent to an intelligible source. Jules Cashford
“ According to an ancient Chinese legend, one day in the year 240 B.C., Princess Si Ling-chi was sitting under a mulberry tree when a silkworm cocoon fell into her teacup. When she tried to remove it, s… Jeffrey Eugenides
“ Her silent singing wrapped around the story she was telling herself, which she extended further every night on the deck. (Averill often told herself stories-- the activity seemed to her as unavoidable… Alice Munro
“ The worst of such stories is that the triumphant romancers can always be put to confusion and crushed by the very details in which real life is so rich and which these unhappy and involuntary story-te… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently. Jeanette Winterson
“ Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.. Patti Davis
“ Narrative understanding is a large part of the ability to connect with, understand, and have compassion for all of us engaged in learning more about being human. Leah C. Fowler
“ Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told. Umberto Eco
“ All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it n… Vera Nazarian
“ Any story worth telling has been embellished a little bit, Skyco, but the best stories are born from an honest seed that simply grows a little in the retelling of it. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert
