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title: "3 Story Taking Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Story Taking quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Story Taking sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's amazing how flexible the human mind is in terms of jumping into a backstory or an aside. Vonnegut is a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/it-s-amazing-how-flexible-the-human-mind-is-in-terms-of-jumping-into/)

[Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/noah-hawley-3673_brain_it-s-amazing-how-flexible-the-human-mind_280326.jpg)

> [“Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/only-a-woman-could-make-so-much-out-of-so-little-give-them-a-single/)

[Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/ted-dekker-1605_make-little_only-a-woman-could-make-so-much-out-of-s_517124.png)

> [“I quote Frank O’Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-taylor/i-quote-frank-o-connor-to-my-students-that-when-you-are-writing-a/)

[Peter Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/peter-taylor-32406_writer_i-quote-frank-o-connor-to-my-students-th_2980886.jpg)

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