All Quotes By Tag: Stories
“Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.”
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“I don’t like the word ‘allegorical’, I don’t like the word ‘symbolic’ – the word I really like is ‘mythic’, and people always think that means ‘full of lies’, whereas of course what it really means is ‘full of truth which cannot be told in any other way but a story’.”
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“The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to be the truth.”
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“Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths… The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he’s been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that… But the second kind, they show you life more like it is… The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.”
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“The more I know about God, I am convinced He likes to read books and authors are His librarians. Every soul is a story waiting to be read.”
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“Don’t lies eventually lead to the truth? And don’t all my stories, true or false, tend toward the same conclusion? Don’t they all have the same meaning? So what does it matter whether they are true or false if, in both cases, they are significant of what I have been and what I am? Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.”
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“That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.”
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“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
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“The Anatomy of Conflict:If there is no communication then there is no respect. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there is no understanding then there is no compassion. If there is no compassion then there is no empathy. If there is no empathy then there is no forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness then there is no honesty. If there is no honesty then there is no love. If there is no love then God doesn’t reside there. If God doesn’t reside there then there is no peace. If there is no peace then there is no happiness. If there is no happiness —-then there IS CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION!”
“The universal story is composed of segments of anxiety, disappointment, profanity, prayers, heartache, tragedy, and despair.”
“Some stories remain incomplete but they are beautiful.”
“Love is a sublime riddle wrapped in tenderness imbued with the ardor kiss of Divinity.”
“Unhinge your ego, open your arms to Love and let life’s spirit flow through your heart.”
“What doesn’t kill us makes us funnier.”
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