just a story

"Now," those Plumbago lips say, " You are going to tell me your story like you just did. Write it all down. Tell that story over and over. Tell me your sad-assed story all night."... "When you understand," Brandy says, "that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trash can," Brandy says, "than we'll figure out who your going to be." Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. Author of Fight Club.