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> [I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-with-a-very-small-library-but-the-books-in/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

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## More by Marion Dane Bauer

> [I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/i-was-an-adult-before-i-began-to-learn-that-there-is-a-difference/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child. (ix)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/i-have-never-met-a-bigot-who-was-a-reader-as-a-child-ix/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/you-don-t-choose-your-themes-they-choose-you-the-meaning-of-your/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“The power of fiction is that it gives us, as readers, the opportunity to move inside another human being, to look out through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/the-power-of-fiction-is-that-it-gives-us-as-readers-the-opportunity/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/human-beings-are-storytelling-animals-that-s-what-separates-us-from/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/writing-the-opening-lines-of-a-story-is-a-bit-like-starting-to-ski-at/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/never-think-of-revising-as-fixing-something-that-is-wrong-that-starts/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/i-used-to-tiptoe-up-to-my-bedroom-door-and-leap-into-my-room-in-an/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/it-is-the-nature-of-stories-to-leave-out-far-more-than-they-include/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“But never in his saddest dreams had he thought he'd spend his last years dusting this enormous old house for no one at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/but-never-in-his-saddest-dreams-had-he-thought-he-d-spend-his-last/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [another word for talent is obsession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/another-word-for-talent-is-obsession/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“You should know better than to run from a storm, too. We wolves are careful. Always we are careful. But we are not afraid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/you-should-know-better-than-to-run-from-a-storm-too-we-wolves-are/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“So much longing. So many lives filled with longing. It's what stories― all our stories― are made of. And what is longing made of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/so-much-longing-so-many-lives-filled-with-longing-it-s-what-stories/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/it-is-curious-how-believable-i-can-be-when-i-criticize-myself-how/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

> [“A cry drifted along Walnut Street, more mournful than any tears. It rode a puff of breeze into the bedroom where Mark lay, holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-dane-bauer/a-cry-drifted-along-walnut-street-more-mournful-than-any-tears-it/)

[Marion Dane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-dane-bauer/)

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