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> [Telling our stories is what saves us. The story is enough... The very act of storytelling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of narrative is, by definition, holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/telling-our-stories-is-what-saves-us-the-story-is-enough-the-very-act/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

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> [“The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We tell stories because we can't help it. We tell stories because we love to entertain and hope to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/the-very-act-of-story-telling-of-arranging-memory-and-invention/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

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## More by James Carroll

> [Memory is a political act. Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/memory-is-a-political-act-forgetfulness-is-the-handmaiden-of-tyranny/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [There are so many flaws, .. I don't think they can be fixed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/there-are-so-many-flaws-i-don-t-think-they-can-be-fixed/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things…but, there are times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/we-spend-most-of-our-time-and-energy-in-a-kind-of-horizontal-thinking/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [Before entering the seminary, I had not encountered the life-changing potential of reading as a source of meaning, as a way of ordering one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/before-entering-the-seminary-i-had-not-encountered-the-life-changing/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [“...she had discovered within herself the unlikely gift for functioning with equilibrium and efficiency inside a full-blown, unending nightmare. \[A Red Cross worker during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/she-had-discovered-within-herself-the-unlikely-gift-for-functioning/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [Telling our stories is what saves us. The story is enough... The very act of storytelling, of arranging memory and invention according to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/telling-our-stories-is-what-saves-us-the-story-is-enough-the-very-act/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/there-are-times-when-we-stop-we-sit-still-we-listen-and-breezes-from/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [It takes a disciplined imagination to acknowledge that the less personal savageries of bombs, missiles, artillery and heavy weapons are, to those blown to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/it-takes-a-disciplined-imagination-to-acknowledge-that-the-less/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would willingly speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/american-fighters-of-the-pacific-war-were-not-heroes-the-desperation/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [“The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We tell stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/the-very-act-of-story-telling-of-arranging-memory-and-invention/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [“Back home, this Catholic kid was accustomed to a Protestant culture's condescension, but here he could see for himself the world-historic glories of Catholicism...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/back-home-this-catholic-kid-was-accustomed-to-a-protestant-culture-s/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [“Apart from the museums that anchor the great cities of Europe and America, the Roman Catholic Church is what remains of "Christendom," the generating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/apart-from-the-museums-that-anchor-the-great-cities-of-europe-and/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

> [The whole story of human and personal progress is an unmitigated tale of denials today-denials of rest, denials or repose and comfort and ease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/the-whole-story-of-human-and-personal-progress-is-an-unmitigated-tale/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

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