“A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.”

“Some people think we’re made of flesh and blood and bones. Scientists say we’re made of atoms. But I think we are made of stories. When we die, that’s what people remember, the stories of our lives and the stories that we told.”

“We build fortresses around ourselves in order to protect the things that are important to us, and we forget that what's really important to us is the connection with other people.”

“They would sit and talk and tell us their hard luck story. Whether it was true or not, we never questioned it. It’s very important you learn people as people are.”

“When we die, these are the stories still on our lips. The stories we’ll only tell strangers, someplace private in the padded cell of midnight. These important stories, we rehearse them for years in our head but never tell. These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a visit. Every story is a ghost.”

“We wanted - no, we needed - to tell our stories, and more importantly, we needed our stories to be heard.”