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> [“History is simply the stories we inherit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-forbes/history-is-simply-the-stories-we-inherit/)

[Leslie Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-forbes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/leslie-forbes-256331_history_history-is-simply-the-stories-we-inherit_2332423.jpg)

> [“We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before, and we make sense of our own experiences by constructing a narrative that holds them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/we-come-to-know-ourselves-only-through-stories-we-listen-to-the/)

[Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/camilla-gibb-30299_narrative_we-come-to-know-ourselves-only-through-s_2562149.png)

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