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title: "38 Story True Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Story True quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Story True sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/eben-alexander-18167_heal_a-story-a-true-story-can-heal-as-much-as_1446809.jpg"
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> [A story-a true story-can heal as much as medicine can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/a-story-a-true-story-can-heal-as-much-as-medicine-can/)

[Eben Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eben-alexander/)

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> [There is no story that is not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/there-is-no-story-that-is-not-true/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [“there is a French version of the story, and a true one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-clarke/there-is-a-french-version-of-the-story-and-a-true-one/)

[Stephen Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-clarke/)

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> [“Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-yau/only-half-the-story-is-true-the-rest-is-necessary/)

[John Yau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-yau/)

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> [I know that this story is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-rather/i-know-that-this-story-is-true/)

[Dan Rather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-rather/)

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> [Anything in which you're playing someone real does make you feel responsible for making the story as true as it can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgina-campbell/anything-in-which-you-re-playing-someone-real-does-make-you-feel/)

[Georgina Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgina-campbell/)

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> [A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/a-poet-must-discover-that-it-s-his-own-story-that-is-true-even-if-the/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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> [“There is no form to this story because it is true, or at least as close to true as I have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brockmeier/there-is-no-form-to-this-story-because-it-is-true-or-at-least-as/)

[Kevin Brockmeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brockmeier/)

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> [If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/if-there-s-no-one-else-to-tell-another-side-the-only-story-that-can/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

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> [“They said, “let me tell you a story, a true story, a story about good and evil, … a story that lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-sotelo/they-said-let-me-tell-you-a-story-a-true-story-a-story-about-good-and/)

[Mano Sotelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-sotelo/)

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> [“To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/to-call-a-story-a-true-story-is-an-insult-to-both-art-and-truth/)

[Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/)

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> [Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/whatever-the-drama-of-the-story-is-you-have-to-be-true-to-it/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [The idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-mezrich/the-idea-that-the-story-is-true-is-more-important-than-being-able-to/)

[Ben Mezrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-mezrich/)

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> [“They would sit and talk and tell us their hard luck story. Whether it was true or not, we never questioned it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/they-would-sit-and-talk-and-tell-us-their-hard-luck-story-whether-it/)

[Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/)

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> [ There is no story that is not true, \[...\] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/there-is-no-story-that-is-not-true-the-world-has-no-end-and-what-is/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [“in the story no one smiles,no lesson is learned. the narrator can not change any one's heart the story is agate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-apol/in-the-story-no-one-smiles-no-lesson-is-learned-the-narrator-can-not/)

[Laura Apol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-apol/)

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> [“You have information for us? No, you have all the information you need in your head, what you want, what you need,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v/you-have-information-for-us-no-you-have-all-the-information-you-need/)

[V](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v/)

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> [The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-true-story-of-every-person-in-this-world-is-not-the-story-you-see/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marla-maples/every-story-was-being-made-up-my-true-friends-weren-t-the-ones/)

[Marla Maples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marla-maples/)

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> [This story is true. Of course, there are many lies therein and most of it did not happen, but it's all true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-ferguson/this-story-is-true-of-course-there-are-many-lies-therein-and-most-of/)

[Craig Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-ferguson/)

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> [“Every story has a true name. I wish this story's name could be different, but nothing will change it. This story is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-kendal/every-story-has-a-true-name-i-wish-this-story-s-name-could-be/)

[Claire Kendal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-kendal/)

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> [“Because at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether the story’s true or not. What matters is the care that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn-david-levithan-2/because-at-the-end-of-the-day-it-doesn-t-matter-whether-the-story-s/)

[Rachel Cohn & David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn-david-levithan-2/)

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> [“The story, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds... transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-story-the-true-story-is-the-one-that-the-audience-members-create/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [What makes 'The Wire' a beautiful story is how true to life it is. In other shows, you have a good guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tristan-wilds/what-makes-the-wire-a-beautiful-story-is-how-true-to-life-it-is-in/)

[Tristan Wilds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tristan-wilds/)

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> [I make a distinction between true and real. I think that the story is true, it’s just not real. That’s what a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-p-young/i-make-a-distinction-between-true-and-real-i-think-that-the-story-is/)

[William P. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-p-young/)

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> [The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-story-itself-the-true-story-is-the-one-that-the-audience-members/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [“What is wrong with story is that it is not a true story. Men have in their minds a picture of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/what-is-wrong-with-story-is-that-it-is-not-a-true-story-men-have-in/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I shivered. The story was true. The Wizard of Oz had been real. Dorothy Gale had really been swept up by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-paige/i-shivered-the-story-was-true-the-wizard-of-oz-had-been-real-dorothy/)

[Danielle Paige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-paige/)

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> [“it’s not my business to worry about the reason. God knows the reason. One day I may discover what it was. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-beckett/it-s-not-my-business-to-worry-about-the-reason-god-knows-the-reason/)

[Lucy Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-beckett/)

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> [“One of the most beautifully disturbing questions we can ask, is whether a given story we tell about our lives is actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-whyte/one-of-the-most-beautifully-disturbing-questions-we-can-ask-is/)

[David Whyte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-whyte/)

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> [We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/we-can-t-live-in-a-state-of-perpetual-doubt-so-we-make-up-the-best/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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> [I'll pay you a million dollars if you tell your life story for true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ll-pay-you-a-million-dollars-if-you-tell-your-life-story-for-true/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-olsen/if-they-re-going-to-write-a-story-they-re-going-to-write-the-story/)

[Mary-Kate Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kate-olsen/)

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> [“Half of this story is true and the other half might very well have happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-p-ne-du-bois/half-of-this-story-is-true-and-the-other-half-might-very-well-have/)

[William Pène du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-p-ne-du-bois/)

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> [Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/never-tell-a-story-because-it-is-true-tell-it-because-it-is-a-good/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/as-long-as-there-s-one-person-to-believe-it-there-s-no-story-that-can/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [When we try to describe the truth with words, we distort it and it's no longer truth--it's our story. The story may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-we-try-to-describe-the-truth-with-words-we-distort-it-and-it-s/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-angel-ruiz/listen-to-other-people-tell-their-story-but-don-t-believe-them-you/)

[Miguel Angel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-angel-ruiz/)

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                        "text": "“it’s not my business to worry about the reason. God knows the reason. One day I may discover what it was. Or not. It doesn’t matter. All I know now is that I can’t stake a bit of my life on it being true, the story. If it’s true it requires the staking of the whole of my life. And that’s because it’s not only a story, as you and I have always called it. It’s something that happened in reality, to reality, and changed it forever. It’s something that asked a question that, once we’ve heard it, we have to answer.”",
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