Stories Life Quotes

Why do bad things happen to good people?''Because it makes a good story.

Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about.

Stories about lives remembered bring us backward while allowing us to move forward.

Freedom is found within, in the shape of our laughter and the way we love, in the truths that we live by and the stories we become

I was struck by the image of Daddy still dressed in that same plaid shirt and undershirt with the bloodstains below the neck, the one I had first seen him wearing in the jail the previous day.

My wishes before I die, to fulfill my mission on earth; The writing of my life stories to inspired present and future generations.

The African continent has so many stories to tell, it's about time they are told, by them - not us.

I walked through the house to the back porch and found the screen door covered top to bottom, side to side, with cats meowing for food. . . . They were so thick on the door I could barely see the light between them.

The stories and pictures I make for the lives of the people closest to me are the forms of my empathy.

Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy...

A heart in love is a thriller book of many stories

Our world is moving so fast and we are apt to miss so much of what is happening "right now." If we can put down our smart phones for one moment and be present to what is around us, I believe these incidental meetings and strangers who come into our lives can give us unexpected fortitude, perspective and even wisdom just when we need them the most - if we are just awake, aware and open to these new insights.

The written word is the greatest sacred documentation.

The stories we pretend do not exist, are the stories that will haunt us till the end.