Books Quote by Tobias Wolff

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

— John Wooden

“Memory is the most potent truth. Show me history untouched by memories and you show me lies.”

— Carlos Eire

“How impossible it is to forget the stories we tell ourselves, even when the truth should supersede them.”

— Stephanie Danler

“The truth exists in the minds of those who remember.”

— Jill Thrussell

“All the truth is held in stories, you know?”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“unlike world I have short term memory, so I tell the truth every time.”

— Rajiv Singh

“Careful with what you know and what you experience. Sometimes, closed mouth with memories is better than opened mouth with stories.”

— Karolyn James

“My memories are not books. They are only stories that I have been over so many times in my head that I don’t know…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“We carry our wounds and perhaps even worse, our capacity to wound, forward with us. If we learn not only to tell our stories…

— Patricia Hampl

“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

“Always tell the truth, it's easier to remember.”

— Reza Mashayekhi

“People always put their own spin on things, remember what they want to remember, and somewhere in the middle of it all is the…

— Jessi Kirby