“There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours” 

Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

 “Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. . . . Story is an affirmation of our ties to one another.” 

Terry Tempest Williams, Pieces of White Shell