Quote by Paul Auster
We construct a narrative for ourselves, and thats the thread that

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and thats the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread. – Paul Auster

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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table. – Paul Auster

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It is said that the first storyteller crept at night to listen to the gods talking in their sleep — so each tale collected contained the breath of gods. – Author unknown

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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. – Rudyard Kipling

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It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. – Native American saying

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If you dont know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you dont know the stories you may be lost in life. – Anon.

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