life as a narrative Quotes

A human life is a story told by God.

To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls.

Every so often my life will feel like a story. It doesn't have to be a big thing; in fact, most often, it's just the opposite.

I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!

I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller

To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.

Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.

A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were recounting it.