we tell ourselves stories in order to live | Bookmarker

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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[...] After the famous first line of her collection The White Album, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," [...]

reminds me of one of Douglas Coupland's major themes ... did Didion originate this concept? Or does it predate even her?

—p.115 Joan Didion (102) by Katie Roiphe 7 years, 3 months ago