So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It's like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn't be human, wouldn't exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn't be the person I am.
This quote from John Marsden's The Night Is for Hunting resonates deeply with the essential role that storytelling plays in shaping human identity. Every individual is a mosaic of their experiences, woven together into the stories they tell themselves and others. The act of narrating these experiences not only solidifies them in memory but also carves the contours of who we are—the choices we've made, the challenges we've faced, the values...
