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title: "6 Born Storytellers Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“The ability to see our lives as stories and share those stories with others is at the core of what it means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-capecci-and-timothy-cage/the-ability-to-see-our-lives-as-stories-and-share-those-stories-with/)

[John Capecci and Timothy Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-capecci-and-timothy-cage/)

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> [I think there are people who are born storytellers. I think of someone like T. C. Boyle or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shields/i-think-there-are-people-who-are-born-storytellers-i-think-of-someone/)

[David Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shields/)

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> [We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/we-re-all-born-storytellers-it-s-part-of-the-species-but-more/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

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> [“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/we-are-all-born-as-storytellers-our-inner-voice-tells-the-first-story/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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> [“Youth are natural-born storytellers. Our task in discipleship training is to steer them into a particular storytelling tradition—that is, the narrative, language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/youth-are-natural-born-storytellers-our-task-in-discipleship-training/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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> [My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paule-marshall/my-very-first-lessons-in-the-art-of-telling-stories-took-place-in-the/)

[Paule Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paule-marshall/)

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