“The story is the same, over and over, only the facts are different and the names and the places.”
“Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, loss and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Only the details are different. ”
“The difference between mad people and sane people . . . is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.”
“The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.”
“Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.”
“He had become a character in a play, same story, over and over.”