“I asked God to help me understand the story of the forest and what it means to be a tree in that story.”
“I was a tree in a story about a forest, the story of the forest is better than the story of the tree”
“He said to me I was a tree in a story about a forest, and that it was arrogant of me to believe any differently. And he told me the story of the forest is better than the story of the tree.”
“...I like stories very much,” the priest said. “They help me understand myself better.”
“Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your story means.”
“Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me.”