“The world is a story we tell ourselves about the world.”
Vikram Chandra (1961) Indian writer
“Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?”
— Scott Turow, book Ordinary Heroes
Source: Ordinary Heroes
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