Narrative Identity Quotes

#1. Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.

Paul Ricoeur

#2. The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character.

Paul Ricoeur

#3. The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics and conflict, as well as the push towards - and resistance against - modernization.

Aman Mojadidi

#4. Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative include the important element of giving meaning to events and experiences over time by connecting them as a developing, continuing story.

Jacqui Stedmon

#5. Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit!

Sid Waddell

#6. I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.

Boy George

#7. Earth is the largest being on this planet.

Toba Beta

#8. Anger is what makes our struggle visible, and our struggle is what exposes they hypocrisy of a nation that fashions itself a moral leader. To rise against the narrative and expose the lie gives opportunity to those whose identity depends on the lie to question and, hopefully, change.

Mychal Denzel Smith

#9. Whatever you do, in the privacy of your own rain shower, is your own business

Gregory David Roberts

#10. As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#11. You were meant for me, Poppy. I can feel it in my fingertips when I touch you.

Tess Oliver

#12. Or is anyone's identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?

Ann Leckie