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title: "23 Life Telling Quotes by 22 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Life Telling quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Life Telling sayings and thoughts."
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> [“When life is telling you to cry, tell it to fuck that then smile instead”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bee/when-life-is-telling-you-to-cry-tell-it-to-fuck-that-then-smile/)

[Bee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/bee-39005_life_when-life-is-telling-you-to-cry-tell-it_927523.jpg)

> [I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-stuart-masterson/i-feel-very-privileged-that-i-get-to-spend-my-life-telling-stories/)

[Mary Stuart Masterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-stuart-masterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/mary-stuart-masterson-27630_feel_i-feel-very-privileged-that-i-get-to-spe_1077423.jpg)

> [A secret isn't a secret unless you've ruined someone's life by telling it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/a-secret-isn-t-a-secret-unless-you-ve-ruined-someone-s-life-by/)

[Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/nikhil-saluja-26_ruined-life_a-secret-isn-t-a-secret-unless-you-ve-ru_2275849.jpg)

> [Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/before-i-can-tell-my-life-what-i-want-to-do-with-it-i-must-listen-to/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/parker-j-palmer-2983_communication_before-i-can-tell-my-life-what-i-want-to_2080583.png)

> [You are validating someone's life by telling their story. Even if it's a sad one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-tizon/you-are-validating-someone-s-life-by-telling-their-story-even-if-it-s/)

[Alex Tizon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-tizon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/alex-tizon-21818_even_you-are-validating-someone-s-life-by-tel_2418576.jpg)

> [Is it really your life when everyone around you is telling you how to live it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/is-it-really-your-life-when-everyone-around-you-is-telling-you-how-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/me-7_life_is-it-really-your-life-when-everyone-aro_736046.jpg)

> [That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what the world had all his life been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-man-lord-lyttelton-sat-down-to-write-a-book-to-tell-the-world/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/samuel-johnson-50_books_that-man-lord-lyttelton-sat-down-to-writ_1693200.png)

> [“So I wonder what it is this need to tell. To animate somehow the deathly stillness of the profoundest beauty. Breathe life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/so-i-wonder-what-it-is-this-need-to-tell-to-animate-somehow-the/)

[Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/peter-heller-3324_beauty_so-i-wonder-what-it-is-this-need-to-tell_2564516.png)

> [It's hard for me to play this loving, supportive father/husband/ friend on TV but be the guy in life that is telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-wayans/it-s-hard-for-me-to-play-this-loving-supportive-father-husband-friend/)

[Damon Wayans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damon-wayans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/damon-wayans-15767_actor_it-s-hard-for-me-to-play-this-loving-sup_31436.png)

> [I think this is pretty clear, but maybe not to everybody: Despite the fact that the work is personal or taken from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-stark/i-think-this-is-pretty-clear-but-maybe-not-to-everybody-despite-the/)

[Frances Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-stark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/frances-stark-35120_clear_i-think-this-is-pretty-clear-but-maybe-n_735167.jpg)

> [To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/to-me-art-and-storytelling-serve-primal-spiritual-functions-in-my/)

[Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/guillermo-del-toro-986_art_to-me-art-and-storytelling-serve-primal_2917457.jpg)

> [“If two or three of the most important people in your life are telling you something and you are resisting it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-two-or-three-of-the-most-important-people-in-your-life-are-telling/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/anonymous-1_life_if-two-or-three-of-the-most-important-pe_538853.jpg)

> [“Gaza Writes Back' provides conclusive evidence that telling stories is an act of life, that telling stories is resistance, and that telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/refaat-alareer/gaza-writes-back-provides-conclusive-evidence-that-telling-stories-is/)

[Refaat Alareer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/refaat-alareer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/refaat-alareer-31921_life_gaza-writes-back-provides-conclusive-evi_65779.jpg)

> [The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews those are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bastianich/the-stories-of-wine-lords-who-trade-wine-on-intimidation-or-food/)

[Joe Bastianich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bastianich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/joe-bastianich-11198_critics_the-stories-of-wine-lords-who-trade-wine_1704993.jpg)

> [“All of the women in my life were telling me the same thing. My story, my truth, my life, my voice, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/all-of-the-women-in-my-life-were-telling-me-the-same-thing-my-story/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/gabby-rivera-26456_life_all-of-the-women-in-my-life-were-telling_1017392.jpg)

> [Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/art-is-the-provocation-for-talking-about-enigma-and-the-search-for/)

[John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/john-berger-1590_about_art-is-the-provocation-for-talking-about_2236084.png)

> [This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/this-is-what-i-thought-for-the-most-banal-even-to-become-an-adventure/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/jean-paul-sartre-220_adventure_this-is-what-i-thought-for-the-most-bana_55944.png)

> [When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-williams/when-people-get-up-on-the-stage-and-say-i-ve-got-aids-or-i-m-in/)

[Cecil Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/cecil-williams-31081_aids_when-people-get-up-on-the-stage-and-say_289985.jpg)

> [“Sometimes, reading to my children at night, the perverse thought would come to me that in rehashing for them the same fairy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-reading-to-my-children-at-night-the-perverse-thought-would/)

[Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/nicole-krauss-920_children_sometimes-reading-to-my-children-at-nigh_1584730.jpg)

> [There is a big difference between storytelling and being alive. Those are the two things that I prefer in life - telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaco-van-dormael/there-is-a-big-difference-between-storytelling-and-being-alive-those/)

[Jaco Van Dormael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaco-van-dormael/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/jaco-van-dormael-43663_alive_there-is-a-big-difference-between-storyt_2241851.jpg)

> [My life is not only mine. I am telling the story of all North Korean people; it is my responsibility to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hyeon-seo/my-life-is-not-only-mine-i-am-telling-the-story-of-all-north-korean/)

[Lee Hyeon-seo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hyeon-seo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/lee-hyeon-seo-7936_life_my-life-is-not-only-mine-i-am-telling-th_2955136.jpg)

> [“If you have a dream, go for it! Will it be hard? Not as hard as spending the rest of your life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-storch/if-you-have-a-dream-go-for-it-will-it-be-hard-not-as-hard-as-spending/)

[Pamela Storch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-storch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/pamela-storch-47945_dream_if-you-have-a-dream-go-for-it-will-it-be_2406397.jpg)

> [The other day, someone told me that all my life I will be telling the stories of underdogs. Their stories always appeal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sudha-kongara/the-other-day-someone-told-me-that-all-my-life-i-will-be-telling-the/)

[Sudha Kongara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sudha-kongara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/sudha-kongara-15726_always_the-other-day-someone-told-me-that-all-m_2451898.jpg)

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