Origin Stories Quotes

“Coming-of-age tales and villain origins have a lot in common. Teens are fighting for their independence and against familial pressures. Villains are frequently fighting against societal and moral expectations in their origins.”
― Samantha Lane, Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

“Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usually carry, at least, a hope that where we started might hold the key to where we are in the present. We can say, then, that much of the concern with origin stories is about our current needs and desires (usually to feel good about ourselves), not actual history.”
― Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

“The origin stories of Scripture remind us we belong to a very large and very old family that has been walking with God from the beginning. Even when we falter and fall, this God is in it for the long haul. We will not be abandoned.”
― Rachel Held Evans

“Women brought life but the most important origin stories spoke the real truth, which was that women more often brought death.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Book of Phoenix