“They say a story loses something with each telling.”

“We owe it to each other to tell stories.”

“People are wonderful. Each one has a story, each something to give, each knows something interesting, something that can make your life richer.”

“We tell each other stories to muffle the surprise of disappointment.”

“So you want another story?"Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened."Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"Uhh... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don't want any invention. We want the 'straight facts,' as you say in English."Isn't telling about something--using words, English or Japanese--already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?”

“It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.”