Quotes About Narrative

That's basic psychology. You dress a beggar in fine clothes, people treat him like a noble, and he lives up to their expectations." "That's only the smallest piece of it," 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.

Chronicler 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.

All the truth is held in stories, you know?

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way." Chronicler

If you do as I tell you, you'll have nothing but smooth silver scars to show the ladies how brave you are.

Jeder erzählt in seinem eigenen Kopf eine Geschichte über sich. Ununterbrochen. Die ganze Zeit. Und diese Geschichte macht einen zu dem, der man ist. Wir gründen unser ganzes Leben auf diese Geschichte.

History tends to be rather dry but everyone enjoys a story

Clean, quick, and easy as lying. 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.

In my defense, I could have dispensed with the truth entirely and told a much better story. Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense. Losi

What about me? Where's the story for people like me?

Many of the stories centered around me hunting bandits and rescuing young girls. But none of them came terribly close to the truth. No story can move a thousand miles by word of mouth and keep its shape.

I haven't told many stories lately, and I find myself unreasonably dry.

Tutte le storie sono vere» disse Skarpi. «Ma questa è accaduta davvero, se è questo ciò che intendi.» Bevve lentamente un altro sorso, poi sorrise di nuovo, i suoi occhi vivaci che danzavano. «Più o meno. Devi essere un po' bugiardo per raccontare una storia nel modo giusto. Troppa verità confonde i fatti. Troppa onestà ti fa sembrare falso.

Jos vaikuttaa siltä, että mutkittelen tai harhailen, muista, että oikeat tarinat valitsevat harvoin lyhimmän tien.

Bast followed him and almost sat down before returning to grab the bottle too. "Not too much of that," Kvothe cautioned as he stepped into the back room. "I don't want you giggling through my story.

Tots ens expliquem una història sobre nosaltres mateixos. Sempre. Contínuament. Aquesta història és el que ens converteix en el que som. Ens construïm nosaltres mateixos a partir d'aquesta història.

Solo sé una historia. Pero muchas veces, los pequeños fragmentos parecen historias independientes.

No hay ninguna buena historia que no contenga nada de verdad [...]. Supongo que aquí hay tanta verdad como en cualquier otro sitio. Es una lástima, al mundo le vendría bien un poco menos de verdad y un poco más de...? No terminé la frase, porque no sabía de qué quería más.

En resumen, una buena historia. Y si bien no era del todo cierta… bueno, al menos contenía parte de verdad. Diré, en mi defensa, que habría podido prescindir por completo de la verdad y haberles contado una historia mucho mejor. Las mentiras son más fáciles, y casi siempre tienen más sentido.

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

A real story takes time to prepare

There's no good story that doesn't touch the truth,

So this is the defference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

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.