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Stories Quotes

The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress Picture Quote #1

Demon. Gremlin. Poltergeist. Ghost. Phantom. Spirit. Shadow. Ghoul. Devil. People are afraid of them, so they relegate their existence to stories, volumes of books that can be closed and put on the shelf or left behind at a bed and breakfast; they clench their eyes shut, so they will see no evil. But trust me when I tell you that the zebra is real. Somewhere, the zebra is dancing Picture Quote #1

All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave Picture Quote #1

Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering Picture Quote #1

For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur Picture Quote #1

So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It’s like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn’t be human, wouldn’t exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn’t be the person I am Picture Quote #1

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The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to remember a book is to remember the child who read that book Picture Quote #1

Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity Picture Quote #1

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie Picture Quote #1

So we face our final hours... and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of all our stories Picture Quote #1

He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page Picture Quote #1

My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate Picture Quote #1

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These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance Picture Quote #1

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart Picture Quote #1

Storytelling wasn’t about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told Picture Quote #1

At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely with people who have absolutely no responsibility to anyone, so I knew my story would have to be completely different from any of these Picture Quote #1

I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be Picture Quote #1

David’s mother would often tell him stories were alive. They weren’t alive in the way people were alive,or even dogs or cats. People were alive whether you chose to notice them or not, while dogs tended to make you notice them if they decided that you weren’t paying enough attention. Cats, meanwhile, were very good at pretending people didn’t exist at all when it suited them Picture Quote #1

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Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on Picture Quote #1

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him Picture Quote #1

We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack Picture Quote #1

I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can’t tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don’t have edges. No boundaries Picture Quote #1

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same Picture Quote #1

Gardening is akin to writing stories. No experience could have taught me more about grief or flowers, about achieving survival by going, your fingers in the ground, the limit of physical exhaustion Picture Quote #1

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Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world Picture Quote #1

Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories Picture Quote #1

I love talking to people and hearing their stories. Everyone’s got their own story to tell, and when you sit down with someone and really talk to them, you can learn so much Picture Quote #1

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt Picture Quote #1

If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you Picture Quote #1

Aren’t hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door Picture Quote #1

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The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress (Stories Quotes) Demon. Gremlin. Poltergeist. Ghost. Phantom. Spirit. Shadow. Ghoul. Devil. People are afraid of them, so they relegate their existence to stories, volumes of books that can be closed and put on the shelf or left behind at a bed and breakfast; they clench their eyes shut, so they will see no evil. But trust me when I tell you that the zebra is real. Somewhere, the zebra is dancing (Stories Quotes) All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave (Stories Quotes) Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering (Stories Quotes) For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur (Stories Quotes) So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It’s like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn’t be human, wouldn’t exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn’t be the person I am (Stories Quotes) The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to remember a book is to remember the child who read that book (Stories Quotes) Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity (Stories Quotes) Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie (Stories Quotes) So we face our final hours... and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of all our stories (Stories Quotes) He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page (Stories Quotes) My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate (Stories Quotes) These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance (Stories Quotes) If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart (Stories Quotes) Storytelling wasn’t about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told (Stories Quotes) At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely with people who have absolutely no responsibility to anyone, so I knew my story would have to be completely different from any of these (Stories Quotes) I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be (Stories Quotes) David’s mother would often tell him stories were alive. They weren’t alive in the way people were alive,or even dogs or cats. People were alive whether you chose to notice them or not, while dogs tended to make you notice them if they decided that you weren’t paying enough attention. Cats, meanwhile, were very good at pretending people didn’t exist at all when it suited them (Stories Quotes) Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on (Stories Quotes) For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him (Stories Quotes) We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack (Stories Quotes) I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can’t tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don’t have edges. No boundaries (Stories Quotes) I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same (Stories Quotes) Gardening is akin to writing stories. No experience could have taught me more about grief or flowers, about achieving survival by going, your fingers in the ground, the limit of physical exhaustion (Stories Quotes) Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world (Stories Quotes) Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories (Stories Quotes) I love talking to people and hearing their stories. Everyone’s got their own story to tell, and when you sit down with someone and really talk to them, you can learn so much (Stories Quotes) Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt (Stories Quotes) If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you (Stories Quotes) Aren’t hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door (Stories Quotes)

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