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> [The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that tends the earthly rootedness of human language. For narrated events always happen somewhere. And for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-abram/the-telling-of-stories-like-singing-and-praying-would-seem-to-be-an/)

[David Abram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-abram/)

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> [Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/perfection-belongs-to-narrated-events-not-to-those-we-live/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

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