On stories and storytelling still: Philip Pullman and Erin Mortgenstern

 “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world."

We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”
Philip Pullman

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus 
Art, Kumanchala by Bacse