Quotes on “story”

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.

Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused palm, each cracked knuckle is a missed punch or years in a factory.

Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.

The truth of the story lies in the details.

Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.