--- title: "1 Tells Stories Quotes By Kenny Porpora" description: "1 Tells Stories quotes by Kenny Porpora. Plus more from Kenny Porpora and more Tells Stories sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/kenny-porpora-25992_father_my-father-tells-his-stories-i-ve-heard-t_3017894.jpg" --- > [“My father tells his stories. I’ve heard them before. I know his pauses. His inflections. But I let him tell them over again. Someday, I think, I’ll be happy I did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/my-father-tells-his-stories-i-ve-heard-them-before-i-know-his-pauses/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/kenny-porpora-25992_father_my-father-tells-his-stories-i-ve-heard-t_3017894.jpg) ## More by Kenny Porpora > [“I remember watching those balloons as a little boy, each fall, wondering if someday I, too, would be nothing but a balloon in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/i-remember-watching-those-balloons-as-a-little-boy-each-fall/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“As she looks through the photos, she says quietly, “We had a lot of happy times together. I hope you remember some of them.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/as-she-looks-through-the-photos-she-says-quietly-we-had-a-lot-of/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“We met in a school elevator, and he could tell from the way I spoke that we had some sadness in common.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/we-met-in-a-school-elevator-and-he-could-tell-from-the-way-i-spoke/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“It’s not even 8:00 a.m., and I’ve already had my trombone stolen. I fucking hate seventh grade.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/it-s-not-even-8-00-a-m-and-i-ve-already-had-my-trombone-stolen-i/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“He seems sad, and it occurs to me that we have a certain kind of loneliness in common.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/he-seems-sad-and-it-occurs-to-me-that-we-have-a-certain-kind-of/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“She’s been talking nonstop since five a.m.,” my brother says. “Like, I’m not exaggerating—nonstop. I even timed her at one point.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/she-s-been-talking-nonstop-since-five-a-m-my-brother-says-like-i-m/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“His adopted dad is white and Jewish, giving him full access to black jokes, white jokes, and Jewish jokes. “You’re so lucky,” I say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/his-adopted-dad-is-white-and-jewish-giving-him-full-access-to-black/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“I ask for tons of notebooks for my birthday, the ones with college ruled lines, and I carry them with me, pretend they're my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/i-ask-for-tons-of-notebooks-for-my-birthday-the-ones-with-college/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“She asks to see my diploma, holds it in her hands and smiles, reads it out loud before handing it back to me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/she-asks-to-see-my-diploma-holds-it-in-her-hands-and-smiles-reads-it/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“For a long time, I felt like I was destined to inherit a certain kind of life and so I wouldn’t let myself think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/for-a-long-time-i-felt-like-i-was-destined-to-inherit-a-certain-kind/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“I look around. Everybody else is wearing boxer shorts. Everybody. Checkered ones and striped ones and cool skater brands like Joe Boxer and Volcom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/i-look-around-everybody-else-is-wearing-boxer-shorts-everybody/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“And the dreams I’ve kept for so long to myself, the ones I lose myself in when I work my new job—the day shift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/and-the-dreams-i-ve-kept-for-so-long-to-myself-the-ones-i-lose-myself/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“I’d like them to appreciate the power of the individual—and I don’t mean me; I mean the power each person has to make choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/i-d-like-them-to-appreciate-the-power-of-the-individual-and-i-don-t/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“I overhear kids in my classes talking about frat parties— Omigod Michelle so lost her phone at the club! —and they sound fun, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/i-overhear-kids-in-my-classes-talking-about-frat-parties-omigod/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) > [“To the members of my family who are no longer with us, I’d like to say I’m sorry. There is a quote by Stephen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-porpora/to-the-members-of-my-family-who-are-no-longer-with-us-i-d-like-to-say/) [Kenny Porpora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-porpora/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tells-stories/kenny-porpora/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tells Stories Quotes By Kenny Porpora", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My father tells his stories. I’ve heard them before. I know his pauses. His inflections. But I let him tell them over again. 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