Self Quote by Abraham Verghese

“She has to be written out of history and written into myth.”

— Hal Duncan

“her power of telling stories and of making everything she talked about seem like a story, whether it was one or not.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“She drew so many monsters that she became a monster herself.”

— Francesca Zappia

“Helen devises plans to become a monster herself.”

— Ekaterina Sedia

“She started telling Lyda stories, odd nameless placeless stories, about the man and the woman, myths or memories, perhaps from her own childhood.”

— Julianna Baggott

“It wasn’t just her words, it was her way of putting them together, the voice that seemed to gain power with each one, so…

— Megan Chance

“We don't often see our own stories. Good artists are the ones that whisper our own stories back to us.”

— Tori Amos

“Her silent singing wrapped around the story she was telling herself, which she extended further every night on the deck. (Averill often told herself…

— Alice Munro

“If one is going to spend her afternoon singing hymns to the great porcelain goddess, she might as well do it in a really…

— Molly Harper

“And even though her journal was just random sentences, she did spin stories in my head. The sound of her voice made dreams happen.”

— Scott Westerfeld

“Every ghost has a story. Monsters are nothing without mythology.”

— Kris Kidd

“The self requires a story.”

— André Gide