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

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Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form. – Jean Luc Godard

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The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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I will open my mouth in a parable
I will utter dark sayings of old.
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that our fathers told us.
We will not hide them from their children,
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