Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are wha…

Yann Martel
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Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals. ✨ Yann Martel (2010). Beatrice and Virgil, p.7, Canongate Books
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Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals. ✨ Yann Martel (2010). Beatrice and Virgil, p.7, Canongate Books

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