Quote by James P. Carse Download Open image ““if we cannot tell a story about what happened to us, nothing has happened to us.”” — James P. Carse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Nothing happens in this world that is not already a very old story.” — Ann Tatlock I'll Watch the Moon Copy Share Image
“And yet--we wonder. What if how we are told it happened is not how it happened? What if the story we have been told… — Michael Hainey Copy Share Image
“Everything has a story,a history or past Nothing ever just happens, Find that story...” — Shawn Alsager Copy Share Image
“Nothing has really happened unless it's been described [in words].” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I don't have any stories. All that shit I tell you actually happens. ” — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To hear them?… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“Not everything which happens to us occurs with reference to something about us.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Maybe when we can tell the stories, however bad they are, we don't belong to them anymore. They become ours.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“The issue here is not whether self-veiling can be avoided, or even should be avoided. Indeed, no finite play is possible without it. The… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Immortality is therefore the supreme example of the contradictoriness of finite play: It is a life one cannot live.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in all evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil. “The… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. Education discovers an increasing richness in… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“...religion ceases to be religion when its poetic authority is recast as civic authority.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship with them… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Surprise in finite play is the triumph of the past over the future. The Master Player who already knows what moves are to be… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Titles are public. They are for others to notice. I expect others to address me according to my titles, but I do not address… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
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