“They say a story loses something with each telling.”

“People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.”

“And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning.”

“Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.”

“Telling some stories, Miss Leroy says, is committing suicide.”

“You were trying to tell me something and I was trying to tell you something else. We didn't trust each other and that was reason enough to make each of us right.”

“The questions I want to ask will revolve around humans, connection, relationships, family, and stories - what are the stories we tell ourselves and each other?”

“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”

“The Vampire Lestat here. I have a story to tell you. It's about something that happened to me.”

“… If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it.”