Illusion Quote by Stephanie Danler

“Stories help us remember what we never want to forget.”

— Emory R. Frie

“I may at times forget the details of my life but I remember the stories I read.”

— Ann Patchett

“Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.”

— Tim O'Brien

“Sometimes the stories we tell ourselves obscure our truths.”

— Ken Liu

“You might forget a story, but you can never unhear a story.”

— Gregory Maguire

“Without stories there is nothing. Stories are the world’s memory. The past is erased without stories.”

— Chaim Potok

“Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.”

— John Wooden

“We had just heard that story recounted so many times over the years that it was easy to take the details and fold them…

— Sarah Dessen

“I think that sometimes you can forget what the truth is if you hear a lie often enough.”

— Michael Robotham

“I understand that sometimes the only way we can survive our own memories is to shape them into a story that makes sense out…

— Yeonmi Park

“it becomes a problem when we mistake the stories in our minds for The Truth.”

— Martha N. Beck

“Memory was a tricky thing, but reality was even trickier. Once you made up your mind about something, it was hard to comprehend that…

— Sara Shepard