Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication. - Jonathan Gottschall

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Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story. — David McCullough

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But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.

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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. - Ernest Hemingway

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The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So, write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can. – Neil Gaiman

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If you own this story you get to write the ending. — Brené Brown

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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

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I’m out there to clean the plate. Once they’ve read what I’ve written on a subject, I want them to think, ‘That’s it!’ I think the highest aspiration people in our trade can have is that once they’ve written a story, nobody will ever try it again. - Richard Ben Cramer

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The universe will express itself as long as somebody will be able to say, "I read, therefore it writes.

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. — Judy Garland

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