Writing-philosophy Quote by Willa Cather

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

— Willa Cather

“we learned that a story needs to be repeated many times before people understand how it applies to them and many more times again…

— Tim Brown

“There are two stories for every life; the one you live, and the one others tell.”

— Mitch Albom

“The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all of us,…

— J. Aleksandr Wootton

“And the stories we tell ourselves are not the only stories.”

— Erica Lorraine Scheidt

“It's hard to do, to tell one story, when there are so many stories to tell.”

— Bernie Mcgill

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.”

— Mark Van Doren

“Maybe it’s our duty to be shaped a hundred times by the same stories. We think we’re telling them but really they’re keeping us…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

“We are not only the tellers of our stories, we are the stories themselves.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Story is one of the foundation stones of the human mind along with rhythm and chant. If a collection of facts lacks a narrative…

— Frank Vehafric

“Stories often project the best that humanity has to offer. If only we could live up to our stories.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman