“Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.” LoveHeartStoriesTogetherCompassion Author:Barry Lopez
“Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memories. This is how people care for themselves.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsGivingPersonsSaidSometimesStoriesCareRememberMemoriesAliveOne ThingNeededStaying AliveBadgersStory People Author:Barry Lopez
“Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.” NeedsPersonsSometimesStoriesAliveInspireStorytellingStorytellerTelling StoriesStaying Alive Author:Barry Lopez
“We keep each other alive with our stories. We need to share them, as much as we need to share food. We also require for our health the presence of good companions. One of the most extraordinary things about the land is that it knows this—and it compels language from some of us so that as a community we may converse about this or that place, and speak of the need.” KnowsNeedsMayStoriesSpeakLanguageCommunityAliveShareLandExtraordinaryCompanionConversesExtraordinary Things Author:Barry Lopez
“The writer works on the inside and the critic works on the outside. I don't know what it looks like on the outside, sometimes. It's not that I'm not interested-it's not where I live. I live inside the story.” KnowsWritingLooksSometimesStoriesCriticsNot Interested Author:Barry Lopez
“If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.” IfsNeedsGivingPersonsSometimesStoriesCareAliveNeededStorytellingStorytellerStaying Alive Author:Barry Lopez
“When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.” TryingI CanStoriesBeliefMy OwnPaperFrightenedTypewriters Author:Barry Lopez
