It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observ…

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It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters. ✨ A Memoir Is Not a Status Update by Dani Shapiro, www.newyorker.com. August 18, 2014.
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