"Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends."

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Source : "A comforting way of death" by A. S. Byatt, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2002.

A. S. Byatt

#Stories Quotes #Love Story Quotes #Ends Quotes

“If you can get an audience to identify themselves with a character, they will subconsciously feel that their own lives are in danger. People tend to pay attention in situations like that. I think fear is the easiest, and most visceral, emotion to activate in an audience.”
“You see, a secret is not something untold. Itâ€™s something which canâ€™t be told.”
“I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it.”
“I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.”
“To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.”

Source : "Eyewitness Testimony". Book by Elizabeth Loftus, 1979.
“How did you ever happen to remember that I might be hungry? But of course you would. Will you mind very much if I run myself into serious difficulties now and again after we are married, just for the pleasure of seeing you rise to the occasion?”

Source : Elizabeth Marie Pope (2001). “The Sherwood Ring”, p.208, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some bitter. Some deceptively sweet. Sometimes it comes with a heavy price. While most people don't invite evil into their lives, the dirty little secret is that an invitation isn't necessary. Locked doors don't matter. Neither do fancy security systems. Evil is kind of amazing when you think about it. She knows how to get inside.”

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