"Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do."

#Believe Quotes #Stories Quotes #May Quotes

“The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.”
“While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.”
“"You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such a scene before, but never like that." It is the kind of photography that relies for its strengths not on special equipment or effects but on the intensity of the photographer's seeing. It is the kind of photography in which the raw materials-light, space, and shape-are arranged in a meaningful and even universal way that gives grace to ordinary objects."”
“Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.”
“I do not make stories up, full stop.”
“Love's best habit is a soothing tongue”
“She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.”

Source : Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.732, Penguin
“We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.”

Source : Will Cuppy (1951). “How to Get from January to December”

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