We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion, The White Album
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion, The White Album
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion, The White Album
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion, The White Album
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion, The White Album
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

— Joan Didion, The White Album
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