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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger
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"Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger"

- Ben Okri

About this Quote

This quote by Ben Okri talks to the power of stories to assist us challenge our fears. Stories can provide us with a safe area to explore our anxieties and to get a much better understanding of them. By engaging with stories, we can find out to face our worries and to understand them in a more meaningful way. Stories can also help us to develop compassion and to acquire a better understanding of the point of views of others. By connecting with stories, we can learn to be more compassionate and to open our hearts to brand-new experiences. Eventually, stories can help us to dominate our worries and to end up being more open and accepting of the world around us.

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Nigeria Flag This quote is written / told by Ben Okri somewhere between March 15, 1959 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from Nigeria. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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