“You can’t really change the heart without telling a story.”

“You can’t change the past. You can’t even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a time, stubbornly, until the future unwinds itself into the stories of our lives.”

“You can’t tell the heart who to love.”

“Trust me, I'm telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story.”

“Even though there are really no original themes or stories to tell, it's more about the way you tell the story.”

“I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind.”