15 Quotes by Lindsey Drager

Maybe we aren’t the authors of our own end but minor players in a much more cosmic tale.

The writer is thinking: How does one narrate when faced with a story for which there is no language?

To read is to consume, to put the book on the tongue and push it down the throat.

It is easy to forget, but stories need not always have a purpose. We are quick to say that folktales have a moral or a lesson or a creed. But most of the stories that have survived the ages are told for one purpose only, and that purpose is to say this: “Being human is difficult. Here is some evidence.

Let us hope that the universe beyond our earth is kinder.

What is story if not the safe harbor for our most disturbing imaginings? I learned early that the notion of what will come to pass haunts better. But, too, it is about the storyteller – who you choose to trust and why. From where comes your decision to believe the breath that leaves the mouth that tells.