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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. - Ital

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. – Italo Calvino

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Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst. – Italo Calvino

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Legacy
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Italo Calvino
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Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words. – Italo Calvino

Category:
Myths, Mythology
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The child began reading favorite stories of magic to the river, believing the tales would be carried to someone in need. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Stories differ from advice in that, once you get them, they become a fabric of your whole soul. That is why they heal you. – Alice Walker

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To be Human is to be a storyteller. – Barbara K. Walker

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