“I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell.”
“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.”
“I wondered if the person who really loves you is the person who knows all your stories, the person who WANTS to know all your stories.”
“For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays.”
“I want to be part of your story. I want your story to rearrange the symbols in my mind. I want your voice to be my voice.”
“I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.”