--- title: "10 Story Hear Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Story Hear quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Story Hear sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/diana-gabaldon-185_forgotten_but-a-man-is-not-forgotten-as-long-as-th_38522.jpg" --- > [“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/but-a-man-is-not-forgotten-as-long-as-there-are-two-people-left-under/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/diana-gabaldon-185_forgotten_but-a-man-is-not-forgotten-as-long-as-th_38522.jpg) > [My favorite thing about music is that it tells a story. You can hear the message without having to understand the words.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lacey-sturm/my-favorite-thing-about-music-is-that-it-tells-a-story-you-can-hear/) [Lacey Sturm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lacey-sturm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/lacey-sturm-7296_favorite-thing_my-favorite-thing-about-music-is-that-it_3052414.jpg) > [“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/we-are-all-born-as-storytellers-our-inner-voice-tells-the-first-story/) [Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/kamand-kojouri-1973_art_we-are-all-born-as-storytellers-our-inne_1608998.jpg) > [Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/behind-the-story-i-tell-is-the-one-i-don-t-behind-the-story-you-hear-2/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/dorothy-allison-2041_behinds_behind-the-story-i-tell-is-the-one-i-don_2343242.png) > [“A story is already over before we hear it. That is how the teller knows what it means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/a-story-is-already-over-before-we-hear-it-that-is-how-the-teller/) [Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/joan-silber-43457_editing_a-story-is-already-over-before-we-hear-i_3091088.jpg) > [My own words, when I am at work on a story, I hear too as they go, in the same voice that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/my-own-words-when-i-am-at-work-on-a-story-i-hear-too-as-they-go-in/) [Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/eudora-welty-1564_book_my-own-words-when-i-am-at-work-on-a-stor_2308647.png) > [“Every writing course I ever heard of said the same thing. Take one story, follow it through, beginning, middle, end. I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/every-writing-course-i-ever-heard-of-said-the-same-thing-take-one/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/dorothy-allison-2041_writing_every-writing-course-i-ever-heard-of-sai_523896.png) > [“we must not speak of him; we must let him be forgotten. But a man is not forgotten, as long as there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/we-must-not-speak-of-him-we-must-let-him-be-forgotten-but-a-man-is/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/diana-gabaldon-185_forgotten_we-must-not-speak-of-him-we-must-let-him_2817877.jpg) > [“Behind the story I tell is the one I don't. Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/behind-the-story-i-tell-is-the-one-i-don-t-behind-the-story-you-hear/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/dorothy-allison-2041_clean-clothes_behind-the-story-i-tell-is-the-one-i-don_70878.png) > [“Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell-you-a-story-can-you-hear-them/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/neil-cross-23838_birth-and-death_okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell_522843.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-hear/#itemlist", "name": "Story Hear Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it. 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