Burden Quote by Joseph Bruchac

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

— Philip Pullman

“ You see, a story is not just a thing told to a child before sleep. A story is control. ”

— Roshani Chokshi

Writing was my companion and stories were my companion when I was bedridden and didn't think I was going to walk again and all…

— Jennifer Lynch

A story is how we construct our experiences.

— Doris Lessing

A story ... has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you.

— Alice Munro

“Stories don't care who takes part in them. All that matters is that the story gets told, that the story repeats. Or, if you…

— Terry Pratchett

A story communicates fear, hope, and anxiety, and because we can feel it, we get the moral not just as a concept, but as…

— Marshall Ganz

“Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrify their readers. Find out what your story…

— CK Webb

Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.

— Christopher Bram

Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

— Robert McKee

A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story…

— Katherine Anne Porter