--- title: "10 Stories Exist Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Stories Exist quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Stories Exist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/minakshi-chaudhry-97544_ghost-stories_do-ghosts-exist-we-do-not-know-perhaps-w_1717698.jpg" --- > [“Do ghosts exist? We do not know. Perhaps we can never really know. But yes, ghost stories do exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minakshi-chaudhry/do-ghosts-exist-we-do-not-know-perhaps-we-can-never-really-know-but/) [Minakshi Chaudhry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minakshi-chaudhry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/minakshi-chaudhry-97544_ghost-stories_do-ghosts-exist-we-do-not-know-perhaps-w_1717698.jpg) > [I love stories that exist in this amped-up, personal world - sort of like 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday,' actually. That world really only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/i-love-stories-that-exist-in-this-amped-up-personal-world-sort-of/) [Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/stephanie-beatriz-13455_big_i-love-stories-that-exist-in-this-amped_809402.jpg) > [Stories are living and dynamic. Stories exist to be exchanged. They are the currency of Human Growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-houston/stories-are-living-and-dynamic-stories-exist-to-be-exchanged-they-are/) [Jean Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-houston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/jean-houston-7414_currency_stories-are-living-and-dynamic-stories-e_2117250.png) > [But that's what we all are-just stories. We only exist by how people remember us, by the stories we make of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/but-that-s-what-we-all-are-just-stories-we-only-exist-by-how-people/) [Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/charles-de-lint-1481_exist_but-that-s-what-we-all-are-just-stories_1470418.png) > [“A story unwritten is without beginning or end. But in its potential lies another story; and in the heartbeat before pen meets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nenia-campbell/a-story-unwritten-is-without-beginning-or-end-but-in-its-potential/) [Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nenia-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/nenia-campbell-1294_possibilities_a-story-unwritten-is-without-beginning-o_3087013.jpg) > [I don't necessarily think stories have functions any more than diamonds have functions, or the sky has a function... Stories exist. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-don-t-necessarily-think-stories-have-functions-any-more-than/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/neil-gaiman-29_believe_i-don-t-necessarily-think-stories-have-f_2358786.jpg) > [I like stories that exist both in the naturalistic world and in our imaginative lives, films are so immersive in that sense,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-mckean/i-like-stories-that-exist-both-in-the-naturalistic-world-and-in-our/) [Dave McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-mckean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/dave-mckean-15219_character_i-like-stories-that-exist-both-in-the-na_2886644.png) > [I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-believe-these-stories-exist-because-we-sometimes-need-to-create/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/stephen-king-13_accidents_i-believe-these-stories-exist-because-we_2782209.jpg) > [There are characters in some short stories who exist as people, and there are other characters in different short stories who exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-are-characters-in-some-short-stories-who-exist-as-people-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/neil-gaiman-29_being-real_there-are-characters-in-some-short-stori_2995329.jpg) > [“People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around. Stories exist independently of their players. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by-people-in-fact-it-s-the-other/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/terry-pratchett-19_knowledge-is-power_people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by_17817.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-exist/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Exist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Do ghosts exist? We do not know. Perhaps we can never really know. 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You know, the young man in \"Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire\" - I probably got that right - is a literary construct, and enjoys being a literary construct. 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In fact, it’s the other way around. Stories exist independently of their players. If you know that, the knowledge is power. Stories, great flapping ribbons of shaped space-time, have been blowing and uncoiling around the universe since the beginning of time. And they have evolved. The weakest have died and the strongest have survived and they have grown fat on the retelling . . . stories, twisting and blowing through the darkness. 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