Quotes About Story

There is a poem at the heart of things and a mythic story in the heart of each of us. At certain times it is the poetry of life and the mythic imagination of the soul that become necessary in order to heal the wounds inflicted by an excess of reason or an overuse of force.

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.

For every culture-hero living out his myth, there must be a witness willing to pass the story on. Then

Those phone calls, those millions of words and stories, merely became the beginning of the Book of Us.

In the end, it wasn't so much that there was an alternative narrative--there always was--but it came down to belief: Which one did you want to believe. Which one suited you best? Or, perhaps more to the point: Which one told the story you were already telling yourself?

A story is time itself, boxed and compressed.

It's always about the human condition. Go back to that and you'll find your story.

At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.

plews." Glass paid the captain his full attention. Every citizen of St. Louis knew some version of Drouillard's story, but Glass had never heard a first-person account. "He did that twice, went out and came back with a pack of plews. Last thing he said before he left the third time was,

this one beach holds the story of a world always changing, always on the move.

The truth is a story. The truth is a habit. The truth is a compromise. The truth is a casualty. The truth died long ago.

En mi juventud me enseñaron que en el corazón de cada historia se esconde una semilla de realidad" -Bastet

I have a few regrets. There was a girl I should have married, a war in which I should never have fought, a loaf of bread I should have shared, a lie to which I should never have listened. And there is a story I should have told.

U zult ongetwijfeld het verhaal hebben gehoord over de dood van de Maagd van Orléans... Ik weet wat er die dag is gebeurd, de laatste dag van mei in het jaar onzes Heren 1431 in Rouen. Ik was erbij.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

You know, we're each the hero of our own story and we perceive what's going on around us, and especially in a relationship, from the kind of viewpoint of, 'Well, this is my story, and I'm the hero of that, and I justify what I do around it.'

Along the way, he published a novel about the music business with the title Sweetie Baby Cookie Honey.

The biblical story is not to be understood simply as a local tale about a certain ethnic group or religion. It begins with the creation of all things and ends with the renewal of all things.

I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story just beyond my reach. To grasp that brass ring I need to continue to fine-tune my talents.

The story of Trump was the story of how he tried to make himself a story.

I was in Russia years ago with the Ms. Universe contest—did very very well—I tell everyone be careful, because you don't want to see yourself on television—cameras all over the place. And again, not just Russia, all over. So would anyone really believe that story? I'm also very much of a germaphobe, by the way. Believe me.

Nunberg was also a go-to, often astute, and always available source for almost every reporter covering Trump. Certainly Nunberg could be counted on to provide a confirmation of every negative story about Trump. When Trump criticized the media, he was in many instances criticizing Sam Nunberg.

The more acute the stress, the more active the leakers, the bigger the story.