Don't Even Try

1.

If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.

2.

A story.

3.

It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.

4.

Fiction is about making things straight, in your face. It tells you what you need to know;

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He's liked, but he's not well liked.

6.

[He] survived, but it's not a happy ending.

7.

He tries to tell his therapist the stories of his life. He was bullied. He needs to tell someone.

8.

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

9.

The panic attacks are coming on strong.

10.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

11.

He feels hurt by the stories inside.

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But this too is true: stories can save us.

13.

[He was] always trying to have one more dance with her without paying the price.

14.

She was beautiful, and made him smile. But, those people didn't like what they had. He hopes that

15.

Guilt rattles in [their] brain[s] like a BB in a metal boxcar,

16.

But he knows that it doesn't.

17.

[He] realized what a ridiculous lie his whole life has been.

18.

After leaving the session, he knows nothing has changed. He goes home, and never comes out.

19.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

20.

So please don't write a story.

21.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

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1.Groucho Marx

2.Original

3.O'Brien

4.Original

5.Miller

6.O'Brien

7.Original

8.O'Brien

9.Richard Farrell

10.Maya Angelou

11.Original

12.O'Brien

13.Sebastian Junger

14.Original

15.Richard Farrell

16.Original

17.Miller

18.Original

19.Raymond Chandler

20.Original

21.Fran Lebowitz

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I choose the idea that was a hybrid of Fiction and Stories. I chose it because I really liked the idea of you never really know what's going to happen. I wrote my own little story within the stories. This man is really trying hard to push through life even though he doesn't have much strength. I think that this mas up really works well for the theme because it's an example in itself. It makes you really think about everything it says. I really liked the quotes I choose. I think that they really worked well with eachother and it had a really nice flow.