“Man is the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told itself stories to understand what kind of creature it was. The story was his birthright, and nobody could take it away.”
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
“There's not much pleasure in writing what you live. The challenge is to live what you write.”
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“We, for our own part, simply call ourselves "we." "We" are the creature that tells itself stories to understand what sort of creature it is.”
― Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
― Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
“We believe slowly when belief brings pain.”
― Heroides
― Heroides
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