I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.44, Simon and Schuster
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I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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