--- title: "1 Stories Just Quotes By Daniel Wallace" description: "1 Stories Just quotes by Daniel Wallace. Plus more from Daniel Wallace and more Stories Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/daniel-wallace-11229_laughter_we-all-have-stories-just-as-you-do-ways_1919033.jpg" --- > [“We all have stories, just as you do. Ways in which he touched us, helped us, gave us money, sold it to us wholesale. Lots of stories, big and small. They all add up. Over a lifetime it all adds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/we-all-have-stories-just-as-you-do-ways-in-which-he-touched-us-helped/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/daniel-wallace-11229_laughter_we-all-have-stories-just-as-you-do-ways_1919033.jpg) ## More by Daniel Wallace > [“Magic is dangerous: it's neither good nor bad, right nor wrong; it can be both a blessing and a curse. It takes strength, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/magic-is-dangerous-it-s-neither-good-nor-bad-right-nor-wrong-it-can/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“There were so many dead their spirits could no longer be contained in the darkness, and, like deer, their population had spilled over into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/there-were-so-many-dead-their-spirits-could-no-longer-be-contained-in/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/they-say-when-you-meet-the-love-of-your-life-time-stops-and-that-s/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“He stayed up with the eye all night, staring into its shiny blueness, seeing himself within it, until the sun, rising above the tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/he-stayed-up-with-the-eye-all-night-staring-into-its-shiny-blueness/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Mine was a crazy dream- but what dream isn't crazy? Can a dream be a dream and be sensible? No. A sensible dream is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/mine-was-a-crazy-dream-but-what-dream-isn-t-crazy-can-a-dream-be-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. He’s lived his whole life like a turtle, within an emotional carapace that makes for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/i-don-t-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry-he-s-lived-his-whole-life-like-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Word of his great strength, intelligence, and perseverance had spread even this far, and yet his youth was such that my father knew he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/word-of-his-great-strength-intelligence-and-perseverance-had-spread/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Dying, he has that look dying people get in their eyes sometimes, happy and sad, tired and spiritually blessed, all at the same time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/dying-he-has-that-look-dying-people-get-in-their-eyes-sometimes-happy/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“He was just changing, transforming himself into something new and different to carry his life forward in. All”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/he-was-just-changing-transforming-himself-into-something-new-and/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“It was laid out much like any other town—thoughtlessly, and in haste. Here is where the rich people lived, and here the workers. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/it-was-laid-out-much-like-any-other-town-thoughtlessly-and-in-haste/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“We are part of an energy larger than ourselves, and we play roles in a cosmic fabric that outstrip our incarnate understanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/we-are-part-of-an-energy-larger-than-ourselves-and-we-play-roles-in-a/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“You are a good dad,” I say. “Thanks,” he says, and his eyelids flutter a bit, as if he’s heard what he’s come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/you-are-a-good-dad-i-say-thanks-he-says-and-his-eyelids-flutter-a-bit/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“The day Edward Bloom was born, it rained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/the-day-edward-bloom-was-born-it-rained/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [The ending is always a surprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/the-ending-is-always-a-surprise/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) > [“Being alone was lonely, but there was an even greater loneliness sometimes when he was surrounded by a lot of other people who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/being-alone-was-lonely-but-there-was-an-even-greater-loneliness/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-just/daniel-wallace/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stories Just Quotes By Daniel Wallace", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We all have stories, just as you do. 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