To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential — Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential — Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential — Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential — Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential — Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
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To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential facts those that seem salient.

— Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
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