Whatever our official pieties, deep down we all believe in lives. The sternest formalists are the loudest gossips, and if you ask a cultural-studies maven who believes in nothing but collective forces and class determinisms how she came to believe in this doctrine, she will begin to tell you, eagerly, the story of her life. Adam Gopnik
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When we put on our "official pieties", we are thinking about these very same things. The state of our souls are based on the stories that are told to us. The stories that are told to us are formed by what has happened in our lives. We all have our own stories.

These stories shape who we are. They also shape how people see us. We all have a great interest in the stories that have happened in our lives.

We would love to hear about other people’s experiences and hear their take on their life, but very few people are willing to share their stories with us.

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