Bad Stories Quotes

“The stories we tell, and the ones we absorb, are what allow us to pluck meaning from the rush of experience. Only through the patient interrogation of these stories can we begin to understand where we are and how we got here.”
― Steve Almond, Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country

“They were deployed not just to dodge a particular discussion, but to recast cynicism as a form of wisdom, and moral negligence as a form of martyrdom.”
― Steve Almond, Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country