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> [“Talking with friends about books harks back to the original impulse behind storytelling, the forging of human bonds. We have told ourselves stories not just, in Joan Didion's phrase, in order to live, but in order to live with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-hall/talking-with-friends-about-books-harks-back-to-the-original-impulse/)

Brian Hall

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## More by Brian Hall

> [“Talking with friends about books harks back to the original impulse behind storytelling, the forging of human bonds. We have told ourselves stories not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-hall/talking-with-friends-about-books-harks-back-to-the-original-impulse/)

Brian Hall

> [“I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-hall/i-was-addicted-to-the-hokey-pokey-but-i-turned-myself-around/)

Brian Hall

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