Narrative Quote by Jill Talbot

“I am broken the way most writers are, stories leaking through the cracks.”

— Victoria Schwab

“It is just that narrative can be lethal when used in the wrong places.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“We are at the mercy of our own narrative impulses.”

— Leah Hager Cohen

“Some events are so harrowing, they either shape who we become or we move past them. They either break us entirely, or we pick…

— Rachel Thompson

“Remembering a narrative alters it.”

— Gregory Benford

“The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things…

— Cheryl Strayed

“Storytelling is an escape from the jail of the self, leading to the ultimate adventure--seeing life through the eyes of another.”

— Tobias Wolff

“But sometimes a shattered view is the only way to see truth.”

— James D. Horton

“Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.”

— Bryant McGill

“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something about the world.”

— Umberto Eco

“Once you hear a story, it becomes part of you. It can't die.”

— Candace Fleming