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title: "1 Story Transformative Quotes By Susan Burton"
description: "1 Story Transformative quotes by Susan Burton. Plus more from Susan Burton and more Story Transformative sayings from other authors."
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> [Telling your story is transformative. For both the storyteller and their audience, a new bridge to understanding is created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/telling-your-story-is-transformative-for-both-the-storyteller-and/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/susan-burton-16320_bridge_telling-your-story-is-transformative-for_22953.jpg)

## More by Susan Burton

> [Telling your story is transformative. For both the storyteller and their audience, a new bridge to understanding is created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/telling-your-story-is-transformative-for-both-the-storyteller-and/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [Insulin is a crisis medication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/insulin-is-a-crisis-medication/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [I can remember, as a child, the happy days of us all piling into the car and going to the drive-in. And that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/i-can-remember-as-a-child-the-happy-days-of-us-all-piling-into-the/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [I knew hundreds and hundreds of women like me, who had traveled in and out of prison in a revolving door. They needed support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/i-knew-hundreds-and-hundreds-of-women-like-me-who-had-traveled-in-and/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [Everyone needs a place to live. Everyone needs a place to come home to every night. I don't understand why our society, our government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/everyone-needs-a-place-to-live-everyone-needs-a-place-to-come-home-to/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [It's important the sheriff and the D.A. work with the community to realize real-world solutions. If they make decisions in silos, it will fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/it-s-important-the-sheriff-and-the-d-a-work-with-the-community-to/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/we-all-make-mistakes-sometimes-people-slip-but-that-doesn-t-mean-they/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [I knew I wasn't born to be caged and chained up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/i-knew-i-wasn-t-born-to-be-caged-and-chained-up/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and jobs? Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/the-person-who-has-been-convicted-has-served-their-time-why-would-we/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [One of the things about incarceration is that you're deprived. You lose all of your identity, and then its given back one day, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/one-of-the-things-about-incarceration-is-that-you-re-deprived-you/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [We know that the environment and political information is important, and we expose and teach the women about some of the environmental factors that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/we-know-that-the-environment-and-political-information-is-important/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [If you don't have a new door to walk through, the only thing is the old door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/if-you-don-t-have-a-new-door-to-walk-through-the-only-thing-is-the/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [Most incarcerated women have stories that are similar to mine. They suffered great trauma as children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/most-incarcerated-women-have-stories-that-are-similar-to-mine-they/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [A New Way of Life is a safe house that women can come to after they're released from prison in South Los Angeles. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/a-new-way-of-life-is-a-safe-house-that-women-can-come-to-after-they/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

> [Many times, I left the prison thinking, 'I'm smart. I can make it. I won't get caught up again.' But you get off downtown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-burton/many-times-i-left-the-prison-thinking-i-m-smart-i-can-make-it-i-won-t/)

[Susan Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-burton/)

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