#story

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#formed #individuals #intimates #our #parents

I don’t know what’s going on with you and Travis, but I know that he’s going to do something stupid to piss you off. It’s a tic he has. He doesn’t get close with anyone very often, and for whatever reason he’s let you in. But you have to overlook his demons. It’s the only way he’ll know.” “Know what?” I asked, raising an eyebrow at his melodramatic speech. “If you’ll climb over the wall,” he answered simply. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#love-story #beauty

The story of the Internet is this incredibly strong, exciting change. ↗

— James Daly

#exciting #incredibly #internet #story #strong

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should. ↗

— Frank Darabont

#get #movie #should #story #way

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls. ↗

— Frank Darabont

#around #been #drawing #kind #since

Storytelling is what lights my fire. ↗

— Hope Davis

#lights #storytelling

Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#book #even #i #interpreter #itself

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#first #give #i #myself #number

A boy's story is the best that is ever told. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#boy #ever #story #told

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them. ↗

— Isak Dinesen

#borne #into #put #sorrows #story