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title: "3 Continuous Narrative Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lascelles-abercrombie/an-epic-is-not-made-by-piecing-together-a-set-of-heroic-lays/)

[Lascelles Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lascelles-abercrombie/)

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> [The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/the-continuous-narrative-of-existence-is-a-lie-there-is-no-continuous/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/the-continuous-narrative-of-existence-is-a-lie-there-is-no-continuous-2/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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