#in

People have wanted to narrate since first we banged rocks together & wondered about fire. There’ll be tellings as long as there are any of us here, until the stars disappear one by one like turned-out lights. ↗

— China Miéville

#storytelling

If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories. ↗

— John Berger

#stories #storytelling #storytelling

Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. “We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name a famous mer-hero, and we have trained him or her!” “Oh, sure,” Leo said. “Like…um, the Little Mermaid?” Aphros frowned. “Who? No! Like Triton, Glaucus, Weissmuller, and Bill!” “Oh. ”Leo had no idea who any of those people were. “You trained Bill? Impressive. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hero-training #heroes #heroes-of-olympus #leo-valdez #mermaids

Is it still cool to go to the mall?' she asked. 'I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what's cool,' I answered. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #pride

Every savage can dance. ↗

— Jane Austen

#pride

Keys," she repeated, and slowly stepped back. "What do you mean, keys?" "Car keys. As in, give them up. Now." Shane had that look -- hard, and no bullshit. "We don't have time for your drama, Monica. Nobody does. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#shane-collins #drama

Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there. ↗

— Cheryl Rainfield

#scars #self-harm #survival

You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#survival

People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner. ↗

— Dean Karnazes

#suffering #torture

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another. ↗

— Michael Bergin

#get #going #her #i #out