Quotes About Story

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.

By the term short story I mean the recital of a destiny which is represented in a single incident; by anecdote the recital of a single incident which illumines an entire destiny.

No matter how insignificant it may first appear, everything in life tells a story. As

Desire is always linked to a story, and to a gap that needs to be filled: a yearning that intrudes, agitates and motivates human behavior both consciously and unconsciously.

Without such beliefs and stories, as Carl Jung put it, we would be 'crushed by the sheer awe-fullness of the universe'. In other words, without a story to give us a place in the greater picture, we will become lost or, even worse, think that we are the story.

The story tells us that living the life of an artist is not as useful as living our lives as a work of art.

Adventure, suspense, almost unimaginable heroics – these are just some of the ingredients of a story made even more remarkable because it really happened.

Keep the story alive," he said. "Memory cheats death.

Every brand is a running narrative, a story-in-progress whose hero is the customer. If at any point the story splits into two stories aimed at two different tribes, you then have two brands. To keep the narrative together, each new feature, extension, or product use must keep something from the original direction to preserve logical continuity.

The Latin word textus comes from the verb meaning "to weave" and it is in the institutionalizing of a story through memoria that textualizing occurs.

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

Don't you see, don't you see, that the charade is over? And all the Best Deceptions and Clever Cover Story awards go to you. So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you.

Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.

Because of Jesus, I was already a completed story.

The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.

But remember, child, we may all have our own story and destiny, and sometimes our seemingly bad fortune, but we're all part of a greater story too. One that transcends the soil, the wind, time... even our own tears. Greater stories will have their way.

It was our story. It didn't have to have a happy beginning or a happy ending, but the middle was a feast at a banquet, a rich soapy bath, a night's rest at an inn and full stomach, a warm chest nestled up against my back, the soft heat of lips at my nape, stories whispered in my ear.

When your life has had few events to occupy it, it's amazing how a simple encounter can seem like an entire three-act play.

Jase promised me a lifetime with him. He promised a mountain full of trees and a family that would grow to love me again. He promised we would write our own story. And I made promises too.

We're all part of a greater story too... one that transcends wind, time... even our own tears.

But remember, child, we may all have our own story and destiny, and sometimes our seemingly bad fortune, but we're all part of a greater story too. One that transcends the soil, the wind, time … even our own tears." She

It was our story. It didn't have to have a happy beginning or a happy ending, but the middle was a feast at a banquet, a rich, soapy bath, a night's rest at an inn and a full stomach, a warm chest nestled up against my back, the soft heat of lips at my nape, stories whispered in my ear.

He never took his eyes off my face as I told him about Mack