Quotes About Narrative

What makes us most human is the possession of a unique and irreproducible story, that we take place over time and leave behind our traces.

Opowie?? ma swoj? bezw?adno??, nad któr? nie mo?na nigdy do ko?ca zapanowa?. Domaga si? takich jak ja — niepewnych siebie, niezdecydowanych, ?atwych do wywiedzenia w pole. Naiwnych.

that the world itself demands to be narrated, and only then does it truly exist, only then can it flourish fully.

immortality is that's the telling of stories in the remember.

To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must "recollect" ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.

Why didn't an epic poet ever write a word about our lives?

If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?

I drag my myth around with me

If you want a happy ending, it depends on where you stop the story

Almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie.

Tener o no un final feliz depende de dónde decidas detener la narración de la historia

There is a time for stories, and there is a time for rational arguments, and the skill we need lies in knowing which to use, and when. Put

There is a time for stories, and there is a time for rational arguments, and the skill we need lies in knowing which to use, and when.

It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling.

In any case, a completely invincible hero just isn't good story material.

A name with a catchy story attached makes you less of a business, and more of a character in a story.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

History is merely gossip.

There are no new tales, but we shall always be ready to listen to a new telling of the old ones.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Por qué y cómo se construyó esta potente alegoría? ¿Qué hay detrás de El Álamo? ¿Quiénes reinventaron la batalla de El Á

Collective memory, the foundation of any culture's narrative, is a historical; mythology, laces with figments of truth, is essential to forming a country's founding identity and maintaining social cohesion.

A photograph tells the story of two lives simultaneously, the one in front of the camera as well as the one behind.