All of which makes up a story I do not choose to tell. I choose not to tell it because to no one, not even to you, do I own proof that I am a substantial being with a substantial history in the world.

J.M. Coetzee
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A person who has no evidence of their existence is not a real person. All of our stories are somehow connected to one another, and we can remember our past and learn from it. Without having proof, we cannot do that.

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