Fire Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“There's a spiritual connection between flame and narrative.”

— Doug Dorst

“When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire…

— Jim Henson Productions

“Our story is the kind that sets emotions on fire”

— J.WOLF

In the old days, people would gather around the fire, or they would gather at a tavern, and they'd tell a story. And then,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather warm my…

— Pat Conroy

“Stories are a communal currency of humanity.”

— Tahir Shah

“We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment—narrative catechisms.”

— N.D. Wilson

“Social proof is a flame to the human mind moth, and it leaves a fire trail of destruction across the path of enough.”

— Will Jelbert

“I think human beings have evolved to appreciate narrative, in the same way that we have evolved to learn language. What is narrative, after…

— Alex Epstein

“Stories can educate, elevate, comfort, and afflict those who are too comfortable. They can create community. They can also drive people apart, justify unspeakable…

— Jonathan Shapiro

“As Peret asserts, the value of such stories resides in the fact that they respond to direct social necessity but in a way that…

— Michael Richardson

“Those who have walked through the fire rarely speak well of the flames.”

— Val Edward Simone