You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance betwe

You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story. – Anthony De Mello

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To hell with facts! We need stories! – Ken Kesey

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Under the Earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand.
I ride on the filly
That was never foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand. – Anon.

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Those who tell the stories rule the world. – Hopi proverb

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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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