Quotes About Narrative

Boys change," she told him. "And so do stories.

Las cosas buenas no ocurren en los libros de cuentos. O cuando lo hacen, algo malo siempre pasa después, porque de lo contrario, la historia seria aburrida, y nadie lo leería

When it was his turn to talk, he told stories. He told me ones I knew, old stories, and he told me old-sounding ones I had never heard.

I can show you a version of yourself, Taryn. One you've never imagined. It's terrible to be a girl trapped in a story. But you can be more than that. You can be the teller. You can shape the story. You can make all of Faerie love you.

When I'm with him, I feel like the hero of a story. Of my story. It's when he's not there that things don't feel right.

En los cuentos no pasan cosas buenas —replica Taryn—. Y si pasan, es porque después va a ocurrir algo malo. De lo contrario, el cuento sería un rollo y nadie querría leerlo.

He made me into a story, and now I am going to make a story out of someone else

If I can't find a good enough story I make one.

Let's start with a love story. Or maybe it's another horror story. It seems like the difference is mostly in where the ending comes.

Espera —dice, acercándose un paso—. Quiero volver a verte. —¿Por qué? —Porque eres como una historia que aún no ha sucedido. Porque quiero comprobar qué haras. Quiero participar en el desarollo de la narración.

I like stories,' he said. 'And perhaps I like you as well.

If I can't find a good enough story, I make one.

He was just a reader and readers can't do anything to make a story stop - except close the book.

He made me into a story, and I am going to make a story out of someone else.

History is neither truth nor completeness. It is simply the best story people can string together at the time, out of whatever facts and snippets they might have on hand.

It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.

I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!

Souvent, j'ai accompli de délicieux voyages, embarqué sur un mot ...

Mum used to say that when she met my dad it was like a perfect love story. I thought Patrick was my perfect love story. Except he's not. He's the hypnotist's love story. I'm the ex-girlfriend in the hypnotist's love story. Not the heroine. I'm only a minor character.

Reader, she didn't marry him,

I was stunned. I'm not sure why. I think I just never expected him to be importante enough to make any significant changes in his life, but of course, he doesn't know that he's only a minor character in my life. He's the star of his own life, and I'm the minor character. and fair enough too.

her grandfather used to say, "Never spoil a good story with the facts.

Ed was meant to be on kid duty while she hosted the book club. He'd read the book, but he didn't want to join the club. He said the idea of book clubs brought back horrible memories of pretentious classmates in English Lit. 'If anyone uses the phrases "marvelous imagery" or "narrative arc", slap them for me,' he'd said.

Never spoil a good story with the facts.