Authority Quote by Peg O'Connor

“Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative…

— Jacqui Stedmon

As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our…

— Kim Edwards

A story is how we construct our experiences.

— Doris Lessing

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

— Christina Baldwin

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

— Bryant McGill

“We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before,…

— Camilla Gibb

We are defined by the stories we tell ourselves.

— Tony Robbins

Our stories arise from our hearts and our souls. In this sense, telling our stories becomes a sacred gesture, opening a clear way to…

— Susan Wittig Albert

We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the shifting phantasmagoria,…

— Joan Didion

When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We…

— Marshall Ganz

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

“the act of writing had led me through a swirl of memories that might otherwise have ended in paralysis or worse. By telling stories,…

— Tim O'Brien