Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“But it’s hard to say where experience ends and imagination begins. The story is by no means a true story. But the feelings in…

— Arundhati Roy

“The self is simply this subject; it is the story we tell ourselves about our experiences.”

— Lehrer Jonah

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

— Christina Baldwin

“Stories give you a way to see things. A way to understand the events of your life. Even if you don't realize it while…

— Matthew Kirby

“Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“...reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Our perceptions are an ongoing, ever-growing. ever-changing story, and our brain allows us to be not just passive listeners to that story, but also…

— Beau Lotto

“Stories are a basic constituent of human life; they are, in fact, one key element within the total construction of a worldview. I”

— N.T. Wright

“My story isn't sweet and harmonious, like invented stories. It tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all…

— Herman Hesse

“Psychologically, our reality derives from the stories we tell ourselves, at least the ones we believe.”

— Matthew D. Lieberman

“Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we’re only what…

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“I might not have ever had the courage to write those stories without that experience, that training ground in how to look at one’s…

— Dorothy Allison