![Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QY0P6agsR4M/X1t8Qera4rI/AAAAAAAAJWs/cs7A_-XjDng4-l0afIsdJqyOOSsdyYPNgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stories-of-imagination-tend-to-upset-those-without-one.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
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![Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QY0P6agsR4M/X1t8Qera4rI/AAAAAAAAJWs/cs7A_-XjDng4-l0afIsdJqyOOSsdyYPNgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stories-of-imagination-tend-to-upset-those-without-one.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hGmXZcPjhNg/X1uLVDbcIhI/AAAAAAAAKow/TmBuDORLWq4P1y_Kyffy2qn4nFO5vdXcgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-is-no-greater-agony-than-bearing-an-untold-story-inside-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
![It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kd35jBN1ngA/X1tvtrWSbcI/AAAAAAAAH60/z1Nmtz9qrX4bXhrl3svyOk4LZ_BKZbJMgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/its-like-tolstoy-said-happiness-is-an-allegory-unhappiness-a-story.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
![What doesn’t kill us makes us funnier.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sP69-vYYGkE/X1uPyD9qmDI/AAAAAAAALPw/HrWmO98foA4onpDDs19rWrXqdx-m5mdFACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/what-doesnt-kill-us-makes-us-funnier.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
What doesn’t kill us makes us funnier.
![Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-83QfxpqWArc/X1t8P6U377I/AAAAAAAAJWo/n2TkOxtmLd09MqHCVv-Kxl6HJD-CoyDnACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stories-make-us-more-alive-more-human-more-courageous-more-loving.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
![When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIAxy0oN-yc/X1uQXDut-9I/AAAAAAAALXE/pD2goNCb_V4cliMXkeXB-ttL0mhPmMoGQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/when-male-authors-write-love-stories-the-heroine-tends-to-end-up-dead.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.
![Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tOLhAHh7yr4/X1tjkvQ4s-I/AAAAAAAAGOg/nHgrzPpdoj0pwRxorvMP13orL4R7vAqswCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/endings-to-be-useful-must-be-inconclusive.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.
![We owe it to each other to tell stories.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WMpvtRpB50E/X1uPcH6cs9I/AAAAAAAALLs/ANn5ci-acFE_70ULDt8i0kgfLRt0CiVEwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-owe-it-to-each-other-to-tell-stories.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We owe it to each other to tell stories.
![A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GdUEIq3XeVA/X1tcU2Is3vI/AAAAAAAAFWU/s3QhtyUceiMnI4Fwp78DLldZ9xw4cp8CgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-good-story-is-always-more-dazzling-than-a-broken-piece-of-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.
![People who understand everything get no stories.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sjtj_qPG0lw/X1t6FFWpCKI/AAAAAAAAI8U/S13PuqOVZmAX_3GRxtrGNfRrfxn8mlZnACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/people-who-understand-everything-get-no-stories.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
People who understand everything get no stories.
![I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qJT95uMmWxc/X1tq3iFbO1I/AAAAAAAAHIs/G5FuRxGgKmckjt88DgeZ_Bj6PWDHDhUHgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-just-knew-there-were-stories-i-wanted-to-tell.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)