“Every heart is made of stories.” – Jennifer Donnelly

“The reason we tell stories…is to keep each other from being afraid.” – Barry Lopez

“Stories are the currency of human contact.” – Robert McKee

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” – Muriel Rukeyser

“If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don’t know the stories you may be lost in life.” – traditional Siberian epithet