Can a sentence affect the course of your life? Five authors reveal the interactions that transformed the way they saw themselves – and the world Can a sentence affect the course of your life? Five authors reveal the interactions that transformed the way they saw themselves – and the world When I was 14, I had to start a new school. I wasn’t great at starting new schools, even though I had done so quite a few times – once for my dad’s work, once because I wasn’t fitting in at my primary school