Quotes About Narrative

People see stories everywhere," Regine says. "That's what my father used to say. We take random events and we put them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how much it obviously isn't true." She glances back at Seth. "We

That's for the Captain to know," Treasure snapped, and if my story makes her seem unpleasant and paranoid and a suck-up, that's because she was unpleasant and paranoid and a suck-up.

Did it matter? George thought perhaps it did, and not in terms of finding truth or of any hope of discovering what really happened at any given moment. There were as many truths - overlapping, stewed together - as there were tellers. The truth mattered less than story's life. A story forgotten died. A story remembered not only lived, but grew.

It is always easier to keep a rotten tale than to learn a new one.

You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.

The best lies about me are the ones I told.

All the truth in the world is held in stories.

I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.

Si te parece que me voy por las ramas, si te parece que divago, recuerda que las historias reales pocas veces toman el camino más recto.

Todos nos contamos una historia sobre nosotros mismos. Siempre. Continuamente. Esa historia es la que nos convierte en lo que somos. Nos construimos a nosotros mismos a partir de esa historia.

De modo que esa es la diferencia entre contar una historia y estar dentro una historia: el miedo.

He felt himself go cold as he suddenly realized what a dangerous game he was playing. So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Pero tú, más que nadie, tendrías que darte cuenta de lo delgada que es la línea que separa la verdad de una mentira convincente. La línea que separa la historia de un relato entretenido. Sabes cuál de las dos cosas ganaría con el tiempo.

All stories are true,' Skarpi said, 'But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.' He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. 'More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

Everyone knows one story, I thought. Everyone knows at least one.

no podía saber esa verdad que resultaba tan obvia a todos los que habían nacido y habían crecido en aquel pueblecito: las historias se contaban allí, pero sucedían en algún otro sitio.

everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened,

Bast said. "The truth is deeper than that. It's..." Bast floundered for a moment. "It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Do you know many stories?" He smiled, and the network of lines that crossed his face turned to make themselves part of that smile. "I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.

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.

Todos nos contamos una historia sobre nosotros mismos. Siempre. Continuamente. Esa historia es lo que nos convierte en lo que somos. Nos construimos a nosotros mismos a partir de esa historia.

No story can move a thousand miles by word of mouth and keep its shape.