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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.

About the Author

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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