“If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p. 173)”
“We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth hearing, but not all stories are worth telling.”
“There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story.”
“There's a story that needs to be told : and as its mine I am the only one who can tell it right”
“in the story no one smiles,no lesson is learned.the narrator can not change any one's heartthe story is agate to another story,which opens onto a story after that. i made it up but the story is true.”
“Be true to yourself and to the culture you were born into. Tell your story as only you can.”