There is no story without the story-teller

“People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact it’s the other way around.”—Terry Pratchett

“The tale is often wiser than the teller.”—Susan Fletcher
(as Marjan, in Shadow Spinner)

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“‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever.”—Philip Pullman

(1996 Carnegie Medal acceptance speech)

“Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.”—Baal Shem Tov 

“God made man because he loves stories.”—Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlev 

“The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in.”—Harold Goddard

“We can never know truth, but some stories are better than others.”—Aaron Shepard