On: Kurt Vonnegut: I want to share with you something I’ve learned.

[biotech]

After doing some light google research, I was not able to find the origin of the phrase "there's only two stories in the world: man goes on a journey, and stranger comes to town." It is generally attributed to peoples' literature or film professors. The quote is prefaced with "They say that...." very often, suggesting that the origin of the quote is largely unknown even by those who study stories professionally.

[jpwagner → biotech]

I heard it from a person.

This is far from proof, but the first result in the only search I did (total time-9 seconds) yielded this ...http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Fyodor_Dostoevsky

[Semiapies → jpwagner]

That's from the Unsourced section, as clearly described.

It's roughly the opposite of proof.

[jpwagner → Semiapies]

good one