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> [“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/)

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## More by Joan Silber

> [“If you saw through everything, it made it hard to figure out what to do with yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/if-you-saw-through-everything-it-made-it-hard-to-figure-out-what-to/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“So, in the end, we were hypocrites for kindness. Both of us. Standing with my bouquet of orange blossoms, I thought: I'm happy but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/so-in-the-end-we-were-hypocrites-for-kindness-both-of-us-standing/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“A story is entirely determined by what portion of time it chooses to narrate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/a-story-is-entirely-determined-by-what-portion-of-time-it-chooses-to/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“Slowed time is -- or should be -- a way of pointing to what's important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/slowed-time-is-or-should-be-a-way-of-pointing-to-what-s-important/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“You don't know what you're going to be faithful to in this world, do you? It was true I didn't have what other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/you-don-t-know-what-you-re-going-to-be-faithful-to-in-this-world-do/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [This is fictional time, where events play out and possibilities are exhausted, so that meaning can emerge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/this-is-fictional-time-where-events-play-out-and-possibilities-are/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [ “\[S\]torytelling, in ancient and modern practice, is always a contemplation of the experience of time passing. A story depends on things not standing still,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/s-torytelling-in-ancient-and-modern-practice-is-always-a/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“Length is weight in fiction, pretty much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-silber/length-is-weight-in-fiction-pretty-much/)

[Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-silber/)

> [“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/)

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