Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject?

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.

A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.

If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.

Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate for our dreams.

In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.

There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.

...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...

Stories close the gap and reconcile between what we want life to be and how it actually is.

Without a best friend to tell stories to, it almost didn't matter if they even happened.

Sense howEven the smooth stones acheWith stories of their ownIn the shuddering light of day.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?