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> [But I was always comedic and would tell stories and use a lot of expressions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-simmonds/but-i-was-always-comedic-and-would-tell-stories-and-use-a-lot-of/)

[Millicent Simmonds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-simmonds/)

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> [People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-holiday/people-love-stories-they-use-stories-to-make-sense-of-the-world/)

[Ryan Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-holiday/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/ryan-holiday-514_love_people-love-stories-they-use-stories-to_1445585.jpg)

> [Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/some-stories-you-use-up-others-use-you-up/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-chiaverini/people-need-stories-we-use-stories-to-teach-to-learn-to-make-sense-of/)

[Jennifer Chiaverini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-chiaverini/)

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> [“The best sci-fi stories use the fantastical to remind us of the reality of who we are today, the hope of who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-alexi-genao/the-best-sci-fi-stories-use-the-fantastical-to-remind-us-of-the/)

[Julio-Alexi Genao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-alexi-genao/)

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> [Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorja-smith/sometimes-i-observe-stuff-i-haven-t-been-through-and-write-about-it-i/)

[Jorja Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorja-smith/)

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> [Children are nowadays very fluent in telling their own stories; they use social media all the time. However, very few people ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/children-are-nowadays-very-fluent-in-telling-their-own-stories-they/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

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> [The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/the-human-world-is-made-of-stories-not-people-the-people-the-stories/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [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)

> [You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/majel-barrett/you-can-take-any-one-of-our-stories-that-we-use-right-now-put-western/)

[Majel Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/majel-barrett/)

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> [I think we create our world through stories. We use storytelling to escape or protect ourselves from the unimaginable and the horrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-oppenheimer/i-think-we-create-our-world-through-stories-we-use-storytelling-to/)

[Joshua Oppenheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-oppenheimer/)

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