The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? An…

Yann Martel
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The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.428, Canongate Books
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