Access Quote by Tom Barbash

Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

— Daniel Kahneman

We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to…

— Anonymous

We have to listen to other people's stories. That's the thing. And that's the only way that we eventually get to know ourselves.

— Colum McCann

But that's what we all are-just stories. We only exist by how people remember us, by the stories we make of our lives. Without…

— Charles de Lint

“The stories don't fit back together, and it's the end of stories, those devices we carry like shells and shields and blinkers and occasionally…

— Rebecca Solnit

“A memory is its own thing each time it's recalled. It's not absolute. Stories based on actual events often share more with fiction than…

— Iain Reid

“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in…

— Daniel J. Siegel

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

— Christina Baldwin

How we experience memory sometimes, it's not linear. We're not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we're just seeing it in…

— Frank Ocean

We don't only tell stories when we set out to tell stories, our memory tells us stories. That is, what we get to keep…

— Daniel Kahneman

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

— Alice Munro

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”

— Stephen Elliott