„A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.“

— Michael Ende

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„If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time … human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.“
— Chuck Palahniuk