Storytelling Quote by Julianna Baggott

“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.”

— Chad Harbach

“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

“Some stories are easy to follow, and easy to tell. There is an introduction, a twist, and a happily-ever-after. And when telling the story,…

— Andrea Tomić

“She scarcely knew what to think except that she was in the presence of a woman who was as close to legendary as any…

— Josie Litton

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.

— Markus Zusak

“Old stories sometimes slid out of her like lamp oil or light, stories containing details oblique and nearly incomprehensible to me or to anyone…

— Peggy Herring

“We began our stories. Her face changed as most women’s do when they listen to their men: from amusement to horror to incomprehensibility.”

— Stephen Tobolowsky

“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized some of…

— Louise Penny

“Once there was a girl who was drawn to wicked things. Things like forbidden, ancient stories. It didn’t matter that the old stories killed…

— Kristen Ciccarelli

“Stories give you a way to see things. A way to understand the events of your life. Even if you don't realize it while…

— Matthew Kirby

“She hadn't written so much as a word of a story, but for the first time in a long time she felt she was…

— Paul Murray

“Stories help you understand your life, she’d say. Stories can heal. And I think she’s right, because why do old guys back from the…

— Deb Caletti