Language Quote by Jacqui Stedmon

In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority…

— Peg O'Connor

“we compose our life in stories we tell ourselves”

— john j geddes

“Literature might be called the art of story, and story might in turn be called a universal language, for every culture we know of…

— Andrea A. Lunsford

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

— Christina Baldwin

“Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative…

— Jacqui Stedmon

As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our…

— Kim Edwards

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”

— Stephen Elliott

“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“The ability to see our lives as stories and share those stories with others is at the core of what it means to be…

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

“As people like sharing pieces of their history, let us listen to how they speak, what they say, but precisely what they “mean.” By…

— Erik Pevernagie

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.

— Anthony Horowitz

By nature, human beings search for ways to make sense and meaning out of their lives and their world. One way that we make…

— Susan Campbell Bartoletti