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We tell ourselves stories in order to live," the novelist and essayist Joan...
Author:
Edwidge Danticat
Book:
The Best American Essays 2011
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Published at:
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live," the novelist and essayist Joan Didion famously wrote. We also tell ourselves stories in order not to die."
( Edwidge Danticat )
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