Decided Quote by Melissa Febos Download Open image “All our stories are part invention - the way we've decided to make sense of what has happened.” — Melissa Febos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decided Happened Innovation Invention Make sense Stories Way
In the end all we have...are stories and methods of finding and using those stories. — Roger Schank Copy Share Image
We are made of the stories we have heard and read all through our lives. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Things That Actually Happen Are Often More Surprising Than Stories That Are Invented... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Fundamentally there is a narrative around where innovation can come out from. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
I think the basic thing that happened is we have lost our story. Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I was in the hospital and I was paralyzed and I went through all of these things. I've had all of these crazy experiences… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I don't believe that anything's totally invented... If you're completely inventing a story, there wouldn't be an urge to tell it. — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Letting go of the cozy stories you've been carrying around is devastating. But there's more room for new stuff after you do it. — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
When you conceal inner reality, this pressure builds. You often don't expose yourself until it reaches extremity, a breaking point, and what emerges is… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I can only see right in front of me when I'm writing, you know? I never think of it as raw or personal or… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“I have always been afraid to have children. I didn't want to give them the parts of me--the hurtling hunger, the shame--but now I… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“There are still times when he and I fall into our respective labyrinths. I no longer believe that anyone but ourselves can lead us… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their narratives about… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's all bravery is: when your hunger is greater than your fear. I resist the implication that bravery is noble. I must face… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“I have always enjoyed watching women dress. The appeal isn't sexual. Most girls' first glimpse of private female life is watching their mothers dress… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“It was the first time anyone had broken up with me. It was a thing I had successfully avoided for thirty-two years.” — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I can still discern people's weaknesses, but it doesn't make me want to exploit them; it makes me want to hug them. — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in your 20s when you know what it means to love rightly, but not how to do it, and then… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The labyrinth, after all, is Sarah's creation. She calls upon the Goblin King. And this is the biggest difference between my brother's afflictions and… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
The only thing I try to watch carefully is that I never lose the love for the instrument. That's also why I decided against… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
One day I decided I would like to put a record into my system. So I picked up a record that was lying on… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
I just decided to take some time off. I've been modeling since '93, '92, and that's a pretty long time. I'm a single mother… — Carolyn Murphy Copy Share Image
When I became 21, I decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up… — Parminder Nagra Copy Share Image
In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I turned to my mom and said, 'I'm going to be a martial arts movie star.' She didn't believe me, and neither did my… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
He decided then that he would love her forever no matter what came to pass. It was not so much a matter of deciding… — David Guterson Copy Share Image