Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

She resented a universe that forced her to fabricate cover stories for its more inexplicable vagaries.

I don't judge or believe in any religion, I'm just learning from their divine esoteric stories.

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.

But you're an artist. you should know there's more to a story than the part happening right now.

I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous.

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

A trap, like a goodstory, needs to hint at greater things without revealing themuntil the prey is snared.

I am Tessa Gray,” she said in a low, clear voice. “And I believe in the importance of stories.

A story is inside of us all. Each word and sentence is alive and we grace the pages to keep it from dying.

We all tell stories--to ourselves and to each other. Some of learn to tell only the most interesting bits.

Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved.

Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.

It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know.