#stories

He has left nothing except for a note, which I find neatly folded under one of my sneakers. The Story of Solomon is the only way I know how to explain. And then, in smaller letters: Forgive me. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#lena-holloway #stories-of-the-book-of-shhh #forgiveness

Literature for me… tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories, e.g., the Jews killed Jesus.) I follow Sartre that the freedom the author claims for herself must be shared with the reader. So that would mean that literature is stories that put themselves at the disposal of readers who want to heal themselves. Their healing power lies in their honesty, the freshness of their vision, the new and unexpected things they show, the increase in power and responsibility they give the reader. ↗

— Geoff Ryman

#freedom #freshness #healing #honesty #literature

لماذا يخاف بعض الناس مواجهة اصدقائهم بحقائق الامور عندما تتكشف ، فيمنعون في ضلالهم غير آبهين إلى أن الحياة لا يمكن لها أن تظل وتبقى أواصرها أن لم يَصدق الصديق صديقه ؟ ↗

— غالب حمزة أبو الفرج

#friendship #people #stories #friendship

Without a best friend to tell stories to, it almost didn't matter if they even happened. ↗

— Leila Howland

#friendship #life #stories #friendship

Shall we all open our heart to be a forever home for lost pets. ↗

— Martha Steward

#animal-stories #pet-adoption #home

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor #imagination #literature #stories #humor

Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not mean there is no truth in it. ↗

— Chris Priestley

#imagination

A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#get #give #headline #i #internal

The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal. ↗

— Sally Odgers

#poetry #stories #writing #inspirational

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? ↗

— Yann Martel

#thinking #world #life