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> [Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hogan/telling-about-our-lives-is-important-for-those-who-come-after-as-for/)

[Linda Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hogan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/linda-hogan-14661_historical_telling-about-our-lives-is-important-for_987139.jpg)

> [I'm a fiction writer, and fiction is telling the lives of unreal people. But the only way you can learn to do that well is by really understanding the lives of real people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/i-m-a-fiction-writer-and-fiction-is-telling-the-lives-of-unreal/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/robert-j-sawyer-3858_learn_i-m-a-fiction-writer-and-fiction-is-tell_2247943.jpg)

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