Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human — Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human — Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human — Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human — Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human — Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
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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, Beatrice and Virgil
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