Existence Quote by Mohsin Hamid

I have a very acute sense of place and time, so all of my stories are rooted in a place and a time.

— Isabel Allende

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough…

— Chinua Achebe

What I often do in my work is to take a great story, such as the Odyssey, the search for the Grail, the story…

— Jean Houston

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind…

— Susan J. Tweit

Stories are compasses and architecture, we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Stories help shape the way we see ourselves in the world. They help tell us who we can be and what we can achieve.”

— Nicola Yoon

I always look for stories that really try to tell the world that I see, a world that values and is full, in fact,…

— Connie Nielsen

Stories bring us together. We can talk about them and bond over them. They are shared knowledge, shared legend, and shared history; often, they…

— Maria Konnikova

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

— William Sleator

Stories make ideas and concepts come alive and by shifting the action to another world and another time, they help us step back and…

— Prakah Iyer

I want us to all look at ourselves and look at our stories. It doesn't matter where you come from or what journeys you've…

— Diane Guerrero

Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like…

— Bill Harley