“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
— Jennifer Lynn Barnes“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
— Joseph Campbell“It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.”
— Kazuo Ishiguro“He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.”
— Brian Andreas“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')”
— Neil Gaiman“Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.”
— Brian Andreas“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.”
— Douglas Pagels“So, what is my story? I don't know. It's long and twisted and not quite finished yet.”
— Caitlyn Paige“I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat. ”
— Brian Andreas“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”
— Steve Maraboli“Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an explanation. Each added act confers a new interpretation of the story. ( Waiting for the pieces to fall into place )”
— Erik Pevernagie“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”
— Brian Andreas“If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right. ”
— Brian Andreas“A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said. ”
— Brian Andreas“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”
— Amit Kalantri“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
— Amit Kalantri“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”
— Amit Kalantri“Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.”
— Amit Kalantri“Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.”
— Amit Kalantri“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
— Amit Kalantri“A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.”
— Amit Kalantri“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
— Amit Kalantri“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”
— Amit Kalantri“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”
— Amit Kalantri“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”
— Amit Kalantri“Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.”
— Amit Kalantri“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
— Amit Kalantri“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.”
— Amit Kalantri“The greatest happiness is a quiet kind. It’s the tender understanding that we’re living in a very strange place full of strange creatures. And there’s quite a bit of wonder in that.”
— F.K. Preston“Ô, Wanderess, WanderessWhen did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”
— Roman Payne“The monsters were neverunder my bed.Because the monsterswere inside my head.I fear no monsters,for no monsters I see.Because all this timethe monster has been me.”
— Nikita Gill“[I]t is the wine that leads me on,the wild winethat sets the wisest man to singat the top of his lungs,laugh like a fool – it drives theman to dancing... it eventempts him to blurt out storiesbetter never told.”
— Homer“The truth of the story lies in the details.”
— Paul Auster“You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.”
— Amit Kalantri“All worries are less with wine.”
— Amit Kalantri“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”
— Amit Kalantri“The longer I lived, the longer it would be until I saw him alive again, until I could taste his new lips and run my fingers through his new hair. We could be young and beautiful again . . .”
— Chelsie Shakespeare