Burden Quote by Sena Jeter Naslund

“What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?”

— Sena Jeter Naslund

“I answer that I try to write true stories but that at a given point the story becomes unbearable because of it’s very truth,…

— Ágota Kristof

She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even…

— Terry Pratchett

“I was worried that if I told her the story, she would identify with it too much. That her sympathy, however well-meaning, would make…

— Olivia Sudjic

This is a bad story.” “Sorry. I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have told you.” “No, you should,” I say. “But—” “I don’t want there…

— Emma Donoghue

“Yet the stories moved her. She couldn’t deny it. And they moved her in a way only *true* things could. It wasn’t sentiment that…

— Clive Barker

“She died on March 22. Those last hours I didn’t stop stroking her hair or telling her, “Don’t worry, I’m here.” I told her…

— Scott Jurek

“... although I knew what issues had been most difficult for me in my life, I may not have known the depth of the…

— Sylvia Boorstein

“You are the best, most loving, supportive family anyone could ever have," I said through my sobs. "I'm so sorry if I'm a burden."…

— Jasper Fforde

“As she only cries about once a year I really ought to have gone over and comforted her, but I wanted to set it…

— Dodie Smith

“I'm not lying to you," she said, shaking her head. "I really can't do it." "You can and you must," they snapped. "Those stories…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“This is a cruel thing to do because when someone knows your story they know you. And they can hurt you. It's why I…

— Ally Condie