Sometimes it's easier to tell ourselves a story.
“Words matter. All semester, we were looking for the words to say what we needed to say. We were all looking for our voice.”
“It is so much easier to honour the leaders who are honourable.”
“It seems only easier when money is involved.”
“Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.”
“Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isnt the same thing as easy.”
“Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers.”
“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”
“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”